Joe Budden was charged earlier this month … after authorities claimed his neighbor noticed him outdoors their house on Ring Digital camera footage — fully bare.
Based on court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ … Budden was charged on December 4 in Edgewater, New Jersey for lewdness.
The Edgewater Police Division launched a press release on December 30 in regards to the incident after information of the cost broke on-line … explaining officers had been referred to as to an house advanced within the space at roughly 7:21 AM.
EPD says the caller was alerted by their Ring Digital camera that somebody was outdoors their house … and, once they seemed on the footage, they declare Budden was standing outdoors — bare because the day he was born.
The caller claims video reveals Budden trying to enter a code into the resident’s door keypad a number of instances earlier than heading again to his house in the identical constructing. The court docket criticism says the resident and two juvenile daughters noticed the offense stay on their cellphone.
BTW … Budden just lately talked publicly about strife together with his neighbors — claiming he was kicked out of his house for persevering with to file episodes of his podcast there. He is additionally beforehand mentioned on his podcast that he is a sleepwalker.
Joe’s lawyer, Nima Ameri, Esq, of Ameri Regulation Agency, fired again on the Edgewater Police Dept., telling TMZ … “Mr. Budden is saddened by Police Chief Martin’s press launch. Mr. Budden has been ready weeks for his cross complaints to be processed which embrace considerably extra severe prices embrace doable felony prices towards the individuals behind these prices towards him. The Chief has in our opinion sat on these however as a substitute used his time to achieve some free publicity for himself. Chief Martin ought to search publicity by doing notable policing not inflaming disorderly particular person allegations.”
Ameri added … “The allegations towards Mr. Budden are a minor cost, not even leading to an arrest. A cost Mr. Budden is wanting ahead to beating in court docket on the deserves, not within the press. The Chief’s feedback are reckless, and in our opinion racially motivated. Our analysis has not proven a single press launch on a disorderly particular person cost on the police web site this yr. His option to single out Mr. Budden in our opinion is self motivated and primarily based off of Mr. Budden’s race and movie star standing.”
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Budden has a court docket date scheduled for subsequent month.