Rapper Rod Wave arrested in Atlanta on drug, weapon charges
Rapper Rod Wave is back in the Fulton County Jail, just a few months after being released on a separate incident.
Details on a Friday incident were not immediately available, but jail records show the Florida rapper and singer, whose real name is Rodarius Green, is facing charges of reckless driving, possession of a Schedule V controlled substance, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.
During a first appearance hearing Saturday, he was given a $8,000 bond, court records show. He remained at the jail as of Saturday afternoon.
Drew Findling, Green’s attorney, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday that his client was “unjustly profiled and unlawfully arrested” in the city.
“Mr. Green was targeted as part of this quota-driven approach, a practice that undermines justice and erodes community trust. We look forward to vigorously challenging this baseless arrest and the clear violations of Mr. Green’s rights in court,” Findling said.
In late October, Green was indicted on charges of second-degree criminal damage to property, reckless conduct, tampering with evidence and three counts of false statements and concealment of facts, court documents show.
He was arrested in May on those charges and several others that he was not indicted on.
A police report obtained by The Associated Press on that incident described officers finding luxury cars with bullet holes in them and signs of a break-in at Green’s home in Milton. It did not explain why authorities were accusing the rapper of several charges.
Milton police responded to a home in the town north of Atlanta after a 911 caller reported “a possible domestic disturbance,” police said in a statement at the time. A neighbor had heard yelling and screaming, and saw a woman crying, officers wrote in their initial report.
Officers determined that the call was related to a previously unreported burglary and the discharge of a firearm at the location, police said. They later obtained arrest warrants for Green, who lived there.
“There is no truth to these charges,” Findling said in a statement to the AJC at the time.
The AJC has reached out to Atlanta police for more information.
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