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American rapper, Polo G and his brother Trench Baby have each been charged in connection with the recent police raid at his Southern California home.
According to a TMZ report on Thursday, August 24, Polo was arrested for gun possession, while his sibling was charged with robbery. The LAPD told the publication that the raid was in reaction to an August 15 report that Trench Baby robbed a man in Granada Hills while filming a music video.
According to the report, when the accused victim came, Trench Baby drew a revolver with an extended magazine on him and demanded that he empty his pockets and wire money to him into another account. They appear to have previously worked together.
Cops said other firearms were found during the raid, and the rapper was arrested for illegal possession of the short-barreled rifle allegedly used in the crime.
On Wednesday, TMZ obtained footage of the Chicago rapper’s home in Los Angeles with police vehicles parked outside. Law enforcement entered his house and led several people away in handcuffs.
The rapper’s lawyer issued a statement clarifying what went down shortly afterward, saying that the whole melee was simply to “verify” his client isn’t a convicted felon.
“The incident surrounded someone staying in Polo’s home and not Polo directly,” Bradford Cohen told XXL. “The officers have detained Polo to ‘verify’ that he is not a convicted felon, as they assert a firearm was found in the home. It is widely known that Polo is not a convicted felon and never was a convicted felon.”
He continued: “I personally got all his charges in Miami dismissed when he was in our opinion wrongfully arrested and charged. They have refused to allow us access to our client which is also an illegal and unethical practice and someone will have to answer for these new wrongful actions.”
Shortly after being detained for the police raid, Polo G was rearrested – then released on an outstanding warrant for a kidnapping.
Sources close to the case told TMZ that he’d been released from Burbank Jail at about 4:30 a.m. local time, and had to post a $100,000 bond in order to be released.
“Burbank Police tell us Polo and TB had outstanding warrants for kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and robbery, stemming from a report filed last April,” reported the outlet. “Officers waited for the pair to be released from LAPD custody, and then nabbed them for the warrant around 10:30 PM on Wednesday.”
