Fresh out of rehab, Chicago rapper Chief Keef was arrested in Highland Park and accused of driving under the influence of marijuana.
Police pulled over the rapper on March 5 at about 12:40 a.m. in the 2600 block of Skokie Valley Road when officers noticed expired registration on his Jeep Grand Cherokee. The officers could smell marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.
The rapper, whose real name is Keith Cozart, seemed to be impaired, police said. He failed a sobriety test and was taken into custody. He spent 90 days in rehab in under a court order.
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He is charged with driving under the influence of drugs, driving without a valid driver’s license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and having an expired registration.
Last spring, Cozart was pulled over for speeding 110 on the Edens in Northfield. He was placed on probation that required drug testing, which he failed and was then sentenced to 20 days in jail.
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This summer, Northfield police pulled over a car that Cozart was a passenger in that was driving 88 mph on the Edens.
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