Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Rapper Accused of Being a Felon in Possession of Gun
The latimes.com website reported in an article on April 13, 2009 that rapper Flesh-N-Bone, whose real name is Stanley Howse, 35 a founding member of the rap group known as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, is being charged for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Howse is a Grammy winning rapper, and this charge is the most recent in a string of legal problems.
Jane Robinson, spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office stated that Howse was pulled over by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after they noticed a broken brake light on his car. Being on parole, Howse was then subjected to a search of his car and home in Canyon Country. The sheriffs found a 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol, that Howse claimed belonged to his wife who is a Chicago police officer. According to the prosecution, Howse has five prior felony convictions going back 10 years that include assault with a semiautomatic weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, and assault likely to produce great bodily injury.
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