SIGEL TO SERVE ONE DAY IN JAIL, SIX MONTHS IN HALFWAY HOUSE

Last updated: Thursday, January 10, 2008

SIGEL TO SERVE ONE DAY IN JAIL, SIX MONTHS IN HALFWAY HOUSE

Rapper BEANIE SIGEL has been sentenced to one day in jail and ordered to live in a halfway house for six months following a second probation violation.

A judge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday (09Jan08) decided the hip-hop star - real name Dwight Grant - took an unauthorised trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey and associated with a convicted felon.

Sigel's probation, which was enforced following a succession of legal problems and had been due to end in February (08), will also be extended a further 18 months.

During his six months in a halfway house, Sigel must remains indoors at night and cannot leave Philadelphia, leaving him unable to promote his new album The Solution.

The 33-year-old told U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick at Wednesday's hearing: "I'm human, but I'm working on my mistakes. I do believe that other people do get a chance to go back into society and do the work that they do."

Source: WENN

| Thursday, January 10, 2008

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