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Yung Joc Arrested, Charged With Child Abandonment

The rapper spent a few hours in Gwinnett County Jail in Georgia before posting a $1,300 bond.

Rapper Yung Joc was spent a morning in jail after was arrested on Thursday morning (May 5).

According to The Jasmine Brand, the artist born Jasiel Amon Robinson, was pulled over for speeding when police soon discovered that he was driving on a suspended license.The license suspension was the result of an active arrest warrant out on the rapper.

He was taken into custody around 3:00 A.M. before posting a $1,300 bond with $45.00 in fees at 5:03 A.M., after being booked at the Gwinnett County Jail in Lawrenceville, Georgia, inmate records show.

RELATED: ‘Love & Hip Hop Star’ Kendra Robinson On Married Life With Yung Joc, Breaking Traditions In The Courtroom, And Shares An Unfavorable Moment She Experienced On The Show

While the reason behind the arrest warrant was not officially reported, The Jasmine Brand reports that the former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star was booked and charged with “abandonment of a dependent child.”

The “It’s Goin’ Down” rapper has eight children with four different women.

This isn’t the first time that he has gotten into trouble regarding one of his children. In related news, he and his oldest son Amoni Robinson, got into an argument while filming an episode of Love & Hip Hop in 2021.

HotNewHipHop reports that the heated exchange was a result from one of Amoni’s friends getting Joc’s nightclub, The Venue, shutdown in 2019.


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