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Judge dismisses charges against Fabolous

(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-15 08:09


NEW YORK - A judge has dismissed illegal weapons charges against Fabolous
that put the Brooklyn rapper behind bars for a night last October.
Fabolous was arrested Oct. 17 after he was treated for a minor gunshot
wound following a wild night at Justin's, a Manhattan restaurant and club
owned by Sean "Diddy" Combs.

A prosecutor said Thursday that authorities were unable to prove that
Fabolous, 27, or three co-defendants were the owners of two loaded
handguns found in a car in which they had ridden.

"He's more relieved than happy," the rapper's lawyer, Alberto Ebanks,
said Thursday. "He should never have been here in the first place."

Trouble at the celebrity-studded nightspot began when someone snatched a
$50,000 chain off the neck of then-Boston Celtics point guard Sebastian
Telfair.

Gunfire later broke out in a parking lot near the restaurant. Fabolous
was hit in the right thigh, then escaped the scene with three other men
in a Dodge Magnum sport utility vehicle.

While he was being treated at a hospital, police searched the vehicle and
found two handguns, a .40 caliber and .380 caliber semiautomatic. Neither
gun was registered, and police said the serial number on the .380 had
been scratched off.

"There were four guys in the car," Ebanks said. "My client jumped in the
back seat of the car after he was shot. It was not the car he came to the
club in."

Ebanks suggested in October that Telfair and Fabolous were victims of
robbers who were targeting the club's high-profile clientele.

"These were people preying on celebrities," Ebanks said at the time, "and
my client was obviously targeted because he is a high-profile celebrity
and platinum-selling artist."

Detectives had Telfair view police lineups with suspects in the chain
theft, but he failed to identify anyone.

Fabolous, who was born John Jackson, was in the courthouse Thursday, but
stayed outside the courtroom after his lawyer told him the case was being
dismissed.

His latest hit, "Make Me Better," is one of the top rap singles in the
country.












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