Immortal Technique and his tour manager, Steven Alexander McDaniel were arrested in Santa Ana, CA. They were booked on the following charges: suspicion of robbery and attempting to prevent or dissuade a victim from reporting a crime.
According to the police report a group of 10 or 12 members of the rapper’s entourage confronted t-shirts vendor outside of the Observatory. The group had confronted the vendors about not receiving money from the sale of the T-shirts. You can check out one of the news article below.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) —Immortal Technique was arrested for allegedly beating and robbing a couple of T-shirt vendors outside the Observatory in Santa Ana Thursday, where he was slated to perform with Talib Kweli.
The rapper, whose real name is Felipe Andres Coronel, was arrested along with tour manager Steven Alexander McDaniel.
Both men were booked on suspicion of robbery and attempting to prevent or dissuade a victim from reporting a crime, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
The vendors told Santa Ana police they were confronted by a group of 10 to 12 members of the rapper’s entourage at about 7:45 p.m.
The victims had their T-shirts, cash and cellphones forcibly taken from them. Police say the violent confrontation was over the vendors selling T-shirts with the rapper’s logo.
“The group confronted them about not receiving money from the sale of the T-shirts,” Bertagna said.
Both men posted $50,000 bail and were released Friday, according to jail records.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with further information was urged to contact Santa Ana Police Department Robbery Detective Garcia at (714) 245-8408.
Immortal Technique has sent out a few tweets about his arrest. You can see them below.
Recently my name has been thrown around and I appreciate the calls from friends, family and global supporters. I am going to take the
— IG: TechImmortal (@ImmortalTech) March 28, 2015
Opportunity to make an official statement very soon. One thing I will say is that I believe this convoluted media hype was instrumental in
— IG: TechImmortal (@ImmortalTech) March 28, 2015
Bringing several people whom I love and lost touch with back in my life. I appreciate the thousands of messages of support. I am humbled
— IG: TechImmortal (@ImmortalTech) March 28, 2015
Beyond belief. I look forward to finishing this sold out tour and setting things straight. Thank you & God Bless.
— IG: TechImmortal (@ImmortalTech) March 28, 2015
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