Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine arrested for alleged violation of supervised release
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Daniel Hernandez, the rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, is back in custody and was set to appear Tuesday in federal court in New York.
The rapper was arrested for an alleged violation of his supervised release. He will remain behind bars pending a Nov. 12 hearing, and will spend the next two weeks at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Authorities say Tekashi was detained Tuesday morning after he traveled to Las Vegas without permission and then denied doing so, failed to attend a scheduled drug testing and then tested positive for methamphetamine. He was also an hour late to court on Tuesday morning.
The rapper apologized to the judge after learning he would be back behind bars. He told the judge he flew up from Florida and woke up late. He went to Las Vegas to perform at the T-Mobile arena to make a living and thought he had permission to do so.
He said he tested positive for methamphetamines because he was on Adderall and he has been jumped for cooperating with the federal government.
"I'm human," Tekashi told Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who sentenced him in 2019 after pleading guilty. "I'm human bro."
The judge reminded Tekashi that he later granted him compassionate release during the coronavirus era, citing his sensitivity.
And he also noted the rapper he traveled to the Dominican Republic, where he was arrested on domestic violence charges, and got a speeding ticket in Florida for driving 198 mph in an unregistered car -- a ticket that has apparently been resolved.
In January, the rapper's attorney, Waldo Pimentel, accused prosecutors in the Dominican Republic of "fabricating" evidence against his client.
Tekashi 6ix9ine's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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