Roddy Ricch Arrested On Multiple Gun Charges

Roddy Ricch Arrested On Multiple Gun Charges Ahead Of Governors Ball Performance

Roddy Ricch was arrested on multiple gun charges on Saturday (June 11), just before his performance at New York City’s annual Governors Ball music festival.

It was first shared by a Twitter user who wrote: “Roddy Ricch has been arrested. My uncle arrested him for guns.”

Around the same time that the user’s tweet went out, The Governors Ball official Twitter account announced that Roddy would not be on the roster as scheduled. They wrote, “Unfortunately Roddy Ricch is no longer performing today.”

 

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The rumors were eventually confirmed. It has since been reported that Roddy and his entourage were stopped at a security checkpoint at the big festival, which has been set up in Queens, New York.

According to local law enforcement sources, officers claimed that they found a loaded firearm inside of the vehicle that was carrying Roddy and his team to the show. Police say there were about nine rounds of ammo in the vehicle as well, plus a large capacity magazine.

Upon the discovery, police immediately arrested Roddy, along with two other members of his team in the vehicle.

Subsequently, Roddy was charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammo feeding device, and unlawful possession of that device.

 

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