BUSTED! Flavor Flav Arrested In Las Vegas
May 2 2011, Published 4:41 a.m. ET
RadarOnline.com Staff Reporter
Rapper Flavor Flav was busted in Las Vegas after a routine traffic stop turned up four outstanding warrants on the Flavor of Love star.
Flav -- whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. -- was pulled over by Las Vegas Metro Police at 10:57 p.m. last Friday night.
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But the 52-year-old reality TV star was arrested after police found he hadn’t taken care of four other incidents, such as a parking violation, driving without a license twice and driving without proof of insurance.
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“I was on my home from Benihana’s I got pulled over by a curious Rookie A** Cop,” Flav explained on his Twitter account Monday morning.
“he found out I had a traffic warrant wanted to make a name for himself took me in and now I’m home laying my bed what’s the big deal?!”
Flav was taken to jail, booked and later released.