Busta Rhymes Busted on DWI charge
Rapper Busta Rhymes, who was arrested last week in New York City on suspicion of driving while impaired, says it was all because of “one little lousy shot of Hennessy,” according to celebrity Web site TMZ.
Officers stopped the 34-year-old rapper at about 12:40 a.m. on May 3 because the sport utility vehicle he was driving had overly tinted windows, according to news reports.
The TMZ news report also states that when the cops accosted the rapper yesterday, he told officers that he’d only had “a shot of Hennessy” before he drove away in his 2006 GMC Yukon Denali. TMZ also got a hold of the Rhymes’ arrest report, which said that the rapper had “watery and bloodshot eyes.”
According to NYPD spokesperson Detective John Sweeney, when officers approached Rhymes’ car, he was found to have a “strong odor of alcohol on his breath” and when they asked him to present his paperwork, “he dropped his wallet to the ground” while showing it to the officers.
Officers also administered a field sobriety test, which he failed, the TMZ report said. It was then that the officers took him to the station, where Rhymes registered blood alcohol content (BAC) of .067 during a breath test. Though the number is below the legal threshold of .08, Rhymes was charged with one count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and one count of operating a motor vehicle while impaired.
Rhymes has had a string of run-ins with the New York Police Department over the past year, including arrests for driving with a suspended license, talking on his cell phone while driving as well as a weapons charges and an assault charge. He is due back in court this week for trial on the assault charge.
While the officers arresting Rhymes may have taken various factors into consideration including possibly Rhymes’ prior record, his BAC, his “watery and bloodshot eyes.” and a “strong odor of alcohol on his breath” are by no means conclusive to this case.
