MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 2, 2007

Kelis Arrested Outside Miami Club

Singer Accused Of Harassing Undercover Cops Posing As Hookers

  • A photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows singer Kelis Rogers-Jones, 27, after she was arrested Friday, March 2, 2007, in Miami Beach, Fla.

    A photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows singer Kelis Rogers-Jones, 27, after she was arrested Friday, March 2, 2007, in Miami Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Miami-Dade Corrections)

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(AP)  Kelis was charged early Friday with trying to disrupt an undercover police operation by screaming racial profanities and rushing toward two female officers posing as prostitutes, authorities said.

Kelis Rogers-Jones, 27, was detained at 4:30 a.m. and charged with the two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence, a Miami Beach police arrest report said.

The singer was released on $1,500 bond hours later, Miami-Dade County jail spokeswoman Janelle Hall said.

Kelis' publicist, Tracy Nguyen, wouldn't comment on the arrest, and it wasn't immediately clear if the singer had a lawyer.

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The arrest report said the officers were posing as prostitutes along a main avenue in the South Beach nightclub district when Kelis started screaming racial profanities at them. She then rushed toward them and had to be restrained by her friends, the report said.

Kelis calmed down for a few seconds, but then started shouting at the officers and charged them again, the report said. She resisted arrest while being handcuffed.


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