Authorities in Georgia addressed reports surrounding Akon’s recent arrest after an outstanding warrant triggered a police response. The singer, legally known as Aliaune Badara Thiam, became the subject of renewed attention as officials confirmed the sequence of events that led to his arrest.
Akon arrested in Georgia, claims reports
The Chamblee Police Department confirmed that officers arrested Akon, legally known as Aliaune Badara Thiam, in Georgia after Flock cameras alerted them to an outstanding bench warrant.
Police said the system flagged a vehicle linked to the warrant at Tint World on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, prompting officers to respond and find Akon standing beside the car. Officials said he complied with their instructions. Officers took him into custody and released him from the DeKalb County Jail a few hours later. (via FOX 5 Atlanta)
The Chamblee police report states that the warrant came from a September incident in which Roswell officers found Akon stranded next to a Tesla Cybertruck on Holcomb Bridge Road. Records show officers determined he had a suspended license for failure to appear, and they impounded the vehicle. As per the outlet, police documents shows officers arrested him again two months later on a related bench warrant. They then booked him into the Smyrna City Jail after transferring him from DeKalb County.
A separate booking report from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office states that officers arrested Akon on Nov. 6 on an out-of-county warrant from the Roswell Police Department. Officials booked him at 9:34 a.m. and released him at 3:30 p.m., then transferred and rebooked him on Nov. 7 at 12:00 a.m. before releasing him shortly after. Page Six reported that the warrant dated back to Sept. 10, when an officer noticed his Tesla stranded and discovered the suspended license.
Akon’s representative told People, “Due to a clerical issue the suspended license should have never been escalated, it was paid but not properly entered into the system. This will be soon rectified in the courts in early December.” Police have not announced his court date or confirmed whether additional charges will follow. They have also not clarified whether the previously impounded Cybertruck has been released.
