LAS VEGAS (AP) – Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas early Thursday on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the 2005 black BMW he was driving, authorities said.
Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Loy Hixson said the 56-year-old entertainer was pulled over around 12:30 a.m. for going 73 mph in a 45 mph zone as he entered Interstate 15 southwest of McCarran International Airport.
Flavor Flav also had a suspended driver’s license and registration, Hixson said. He was arrested on six charges, all misdemeanors. Online jail records indicated that he posted bail.
Flavor Flav’s legal name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr.
His Las Vegas attorney, Kristina Wildeveld, said she had no comment to offer regarding her client’s Las Vegas arrest, but she said he’s working to resolve an ongoing case in New York that also involves driving-related charges.