Trick Daddy Under House Arrest

[TexasStooge]

(9/29/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Rapper Trick Daddy, whose real name is Maurice Young, has been placed under house arrest by a judge following an arrest last week for illegal drug possession. The rapper was taken into custody on Wednesday (September 24), by police during a high school football game, according to the Miami-Herald.

Police responding to a complaint at Homestead High School in Miami, Florida, were escorting the rapper from the stadium when they discovered marijuana and cocaine in Trick Daddy's pocket. The rapper maintains that he borrowed the shirt and didn't know about the drugs.

Trick Daddy was released on $15,000 bail on Friday (September 26), in order to make two area concert dates but will return to court on Monday (September 29), to begin serving house arrest until his October 15 arraignment. The rapper will be given an ankle bracelet and was ordered to undergo drug testing by Judge Dennis Murphy.

Trick Daddy was already out on bail when he was arrested. The rapper was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in February.

He is accused of threatening Pernell Paige with a gun following a pick-up basketball game. He was released after posting $22,500 bond, and could face a maximum of 35 years in jail if found guilty of all charges.

Trick Daddy was convicted in 1991 of cocaine possession, carrying a concealed weapon, and violating probation. The rapper served two-and-a-half years in Florida state prison.