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To follow AP coverage of hip hop and rap, go to. Sheriff Bobby Webre took the oath of office July 1 for his first full term as Ascension Parish sheriff, in a private inauguration due to coronavirus restrictions.
His 2000 album "Let's Get Ready" went multiplatinum.
Mystikal's 2000 hit, "Shake (it Fast)" peaked at No. In April 2021, he told The Associated Press that his past put him in a "horrible fraternity," but he was ready to move on. According to a news release, deputies found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Tyler pleaded guilty in 2003 to sexual battery and served six years in prison. Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a shooting on Madewood Drive in Donaldsonville around 2:15 a.m. Conviction for first-degree rape carries at least a life sentence - the prosecutor can chose whether to ask for the death penalty. The new charges include first-degree rape, simple robbery, false imprisonment, simple criminal damage to property, and drug charges including possession of amphetamines. "Through further investigation, Michael 'Mystikal' Tyler was identified as a suspect," the statement said. Webre said deputies were called to a hospital just before midnight Sunday about a sexual assault and interviewed the victim, who had minor injuries. Shreveport is more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Ascension Parish. Prosecutors dropped those rape and kidnapping charges in December 2020 after new evidence was presented to a grand jury and it did not bring a new indictment. Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) along with Sheriff Bobby Webre has opened up applications for the 2021 Christmas Crusade Program, which brings new toys to children through donations. Pearce represented the rapper on charges brought in 2017 accusing him of a sexual assault at a Shreveport casino in 2016. Sheriff Bobby Webre took the oath of office July 1 for his first full term as Ascension Parish sheriff, in a private inauguration due to coronavirus restrictions. Pearce said he has not been retained for Tyler's current case but they are supposed to meet Wednesday or Thursday to discuss the case. "I'm expecting it to be a big bond," he said. More details to come in the upcoming weeks 8181. The 51-year-old hip-hop legend is being held without bond on 10 charges, according to the sheriff's office inmate lookup.Īttorney Joel Pearce, of Shreveport, who represented the rapper in the earlier case, said he believes bond will be discussed at a hearing Tuesday in Ascension Parish. SAVE THE DATE: Bobby Webre for Sheriff Steak Dinner Fundraiser, Septemfrom 5 p.m. Michael "Mystikal" Tyler was arrested on charges including rape and domestic abuse battery, Sheriff Bobby Webre of Ascension Parish, just outside Baton Rouge, said in a Facebook post Monday. Rapper Mystikal was jailed in Louisiana on Monday, accused of rape more than a year after prosecutors dropped charges that had kept him jailed for 18 months in another part of the state.