Atlanta rapper T.I. was arrested and detained in a Georgia jail on Wednesday (May 10) for allegedly failing to fulfill the terms and conditions of his probation.
T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) was placed under arrest after Florida probation officials revealed that the self-proclaimed King of the South failed to complete the required number of community service hours in accordance with his probation.
T.I. was involved in an altercation with security officers at a Florida mall in Sept. 2003.
The rapper and a group of friends were told to leave by security after allegedly causing a disturbance. In the melee, the rapper struck an officer.
Court records show that Circuit Judge Daniel Perry sentenced T.I. to perform 225 hours of community service in March 2005 after he plead guilty to battery on an officer and violating the terms of his probation.
Several months later, T.I. was arrested in Georgia for driving on a suspended license.
The charge was considered a violation of his probation and T.I. was sentenced to an additional 150 hours of community service.
He was also ordered to perform at least 5 hours of service per month.
T.I. appeared in a Georgia courtroom Wednesday (May 10) for an unrelated case, in which the rapper was accused of threatening several men outside an Atlanta strip club.
He was informed the warrant and was promptly arrested.
The Florida warrant accuses T.I. of only completing 10 hours of community service since being sentenced in 2005.
Although T.I.’s lawyer, Dwight Thomas, contended that the rapper had fulfilled more than 75 hours of service in Atlanta, T.I. was arrested and eventually released on a $25,000 bail.
T.I. is scheduled to surrender himself to Florida authorities by Monday (May 15).
