Rapper Rod Wave was back in the Fulton County Jail during the weekend, just a few months after being released on a separate incident.
At about 7:25 p.m. Friday, Atlanta police said, they saw the driver of a Dodge Challenger rev the engine and “accelerate at a high rate of speed” though a stop sign in the area of Defoor Avenue and Taylor Street.
An officer then conducted a traffic stop at a nearby QuikTrip on Howell Mill Road, where the driver, identified as Rod Wave, was taken into custody for reckless driving, police said.
But during the arrest, police said the officer found a firearm in the waistband of the Florida rapper and singer, whose real name is Rodarius Green. The officer also “detected the smell of suspected marijuana coming from inside of the vehicle,” authorities said.
“A lawful search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of suspected marijuana and other controlled substances,” police said.
Jail records show Green is facing charges of reckless driving, possession of a Schedule V controlled substance, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.
During a first appearance hearing Saturday, he was given a $8,000 bond, court records show. He was released from jail later in the day.
Drew Findling, Green’s attorney, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday his client was “unjustly profiled and unlawfully arrested” in the city.
“Mr. Green was targeted as part of this quota-driven approach, a practice that undermines justice and erodes community trust. We look forward to vigorously challenging this baseless arrest and the clear violations of Mr. Green’s rights in court,” Findling said.
In late October, Green was indicted on charges of second-degree criminal damage to property, reckless conduct, tampering with evidence and three counts of false statements and concealment of facts, court documents show.
He was arrested in May on those charges and several others that he was not indicted on.
A police report obtained by The Associated Press on that incident described officers finding luxury cars with bullet holes in them and signs of a break-in at Green’s home in Milton. It did not explain why authorities were accusing the rapper of several charges.
Milton police responded to a home after a 911 caller reported “a possible domestic disturbance,” police said in a statement at the time. A neighbor had heard yelling and screaming and saw a woman crying, officers wrote in their initial report.
Officers determined the call was related to a previously unreported burglary and the discharge of a firearm at the location, police said. They later obtained arrest warrants for Green, who lived there.
“There is no truth to these charges,” Findling said in a statement to the AJC at the time.
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