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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Oops. Our item sends Beanie to a halfway house
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Beanie Sigel has been ordered to spend six months in a halfway house after the South Philly rapper admitted today in federal court that he had violated his parole on a gun possession conviction by visiting the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Federal authorities said they learned of Sigel's visit to the Tropicana through our Dec. 3 column which featured this item on Sigel:

South Philly rapper Beanie Sigel was laying major money on a craps table at Atlantic City's Tropicana over the weekend. At one point, Sigel, whose new album "The Solution" is out Dec. 11, called over a fly honey for good luck, telling her he was down, but had $12,000 left to play with. She advised he keep it real and lay down another grand. No word on whether big Beanie won back his $$$.

Imagine our surprise when A.J. Daulerio of Philadelphia magazine just called to ask us if we had just sent Beanie to a halfway house, and referred us to Inqwaster reporter John Shiffman's story, which is linked in the first paragraph of this post.

U.S. District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick ordered Sigel to spend the rest of today in the custody of U.S. Marshals. Sigel, real name Dwight Grant, is in trouble because Atlantic City is outside the area in which he can travel under the terms of his parole violation. He will likely report to a halfway house tomorrow, where he will be allowed to leave each day for work.

 

Posted by Dan Gross @ 3:46 PM  Permalink | File Under: Crime and Punishment | 11 comments
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Posted 03:57 PM, 01/09/2008
J
Shame they can't keep him out of the recording studio as well as the casinos. Now THAT would be a public service.
Posted 05:37 PM, 01/09/2008
Rib
Thanks for keeping the streets free of these felons, Dan.
Posted 07:16 PM, 01/09/2008
Jim C.
If the Inquire is the "Inkwaster," what's a gossip column?
Posted 03:22 AM, 01/10/2008
Stakeout Squad
To Jim C: Just so you know, Sparky: "Inquire" is a verb. Not a noun. Not a newspaper.
Posted 07:56 AM, 01/10/2008
GM
Jim C: A gossip column is what you're reading when you're on this site.
Posted 09:36 AM, 01/10/2008
PHILLYCHITCHAT
Ought oh, someone better be laying low when Beanie gets out in 6 months and a day
Posted 01:26 PM, 01/10/2008
Katherine
A thug is a thug is a thug.
Posted 02:42 PM, 01/10/2008
ChrissMari
Holy schiekies dan, you're gonna get shot!
Posted 07:07 PM, 01/10/2008
Jim C.
Oh my god: I left off the "r" in Inquirer!!! I am so stupid!!!! How embarrassing!!!! Your smarter than me, Stakeout Squad.
Posted 04:04 PM, 01/12/2008
manhattansteve
Consider your Beanie Sigel!
Posted 06:17 PM, 01/13/2008
philly
Beanie, Learn not to commit crimes and read your rules about probation, oh wait learn to read first and then read your rules
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