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The incident happened just after 4 a.m. in the area of Pine Tree Drive and West 26th Street, Miami Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Bobby Hernandez said.
Bieber, who was in a rented Lamborghini, was pulled over in the area along with a red Ferrari, which was also speeding, police said. Bieber's car was being trailed by multiple SUVs when officers gave chase, police sources told NBC 6 South Florida. Two of the cars were apparently being used to block the area off, police said.
He was driving north on Pine Tree Drive at such a high rate of speed it took officers a significant distance to catch him, police said. Martinez said Bieber was "a little beligerent" with officers at the scene, questioning why he was stopped. He failed a sobriety test at the scene and was taken into custody, Hernandez said. The other driver, identified by Miami Beach Police as rapper Crazy Khalil - real name Khalil Amir Sharief, was also arrested. Bieber admitted to drinking alcohol, smoking some marijuana, and taking prescription narcotic medication after failing the sobriety test. Pills and marijuana were both found in his possession.
Video posted to Instagram allegedly showed Bieber's car being pulled over, but police haven't confirmed the video. Bieber will be charged with DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired Georgia license, police said. The Opa-locka Police Department is also investigating an unauthorized escort of Bieber, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
The arrest is the latest brush with the law for the Canadian 19-year-old pop star, who catapulted to fame in the late 2000s after a talent manager saw a video of him on YouTube. A neighbor in Bieber's Los Angeles neighborhood recently accused the singer of causing thousands of dollars of damage by throwing eggs at his home, leading detectives to raid Bieber’s mansion in search of evidence. One person at the house was arrested on suspicion of drug possession.
Neighbors have also called the cops in the last year with complaints that that Bieber drives recklessly around the neighborhood and plays loud music at parties that last into the early morning. In July, officials at the U.S.-Canada border seized marijuana and drug paraphernalia from one of the the singer’s tour buses. Bieber was not on that bus at the time.
Bieber, who was in a rented Lamborghini, was pulled over in the area along with a red Ferrari, which was also speeding, police said. Bieber's car was being trailed by multiple SUVs when officers gave chase, police sources told NBC 6 South Florida. Two of the cars were apparently being used to block the area off, police said.
He was driving north on Pine Tree Drive at such a high rate of speed it took officers a significant distance to catch him, police said. Martinez said Bieber was "a little beligerent" with officers at the scene, questioning why he was stopped. He failed a sobriety test at the scene and was taken into custody, Hernandez said. The other driver, identified by Miami Beach Police as rapper Crazy Khalil - real name Khalil Amir Sharief, was also arrested. Bieber admitted to drinking alcohol, smoking some marijuana, and taking prescription narcotic medication after failing the sobriety test. Pills and marijuana were both found in his possession.
Video posted to Instagram allegedly showed Bieber's car being pulled over, but police haven't confirmed the video. Bieber will be charged with DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired Georgia license, police said. The Opa-locka Police Department is also investigating an unauthorized escort of Bieber, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
The arrest is the latest brush with the law for the Canadian 19-year-old pop star, who catapulted to fame in the late 2000s after a talent manager saw a video of him on YouTube. A neighbor in Bieber's Los Angeles neighborhood recently accused the singer of causing thousands of dollars of damage by throwing eggs at his home, leading detectives to raid Bieber’s mansion in search of evidence. One person at the house was arrested on suspicion of drug possession.
Neighbors have also called the cops in the last year with complaints that that Bieber drives recklessly around the neighborhood and plays loud music at parties that last into the early morning. In July, officials at the U.S.-Canada border seized marijuana and drug paraphernalia from one of the the singer’s tour buses. Bieber was not on that bus at the time.
i hate that kid
