Sean Kingston's Florida mansion is raided by SWAT teams and cops

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SWAT team members raided singer and rapper Sean Kingston's Southwest Ranches, Florida home and arrested his mother on Thursday.

Dozens of Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were seen at his mansion the area of Southwest 146th Avenue and 46th Street.

Kingston's 61-year-old mother, Janice Turner, was taken into custody on numerous fraud and Expériences KetoXplode theft charges.

The scope of the raid has not been confirmed, but the Beautiful Girls singer, 34, is currently embroiled in a legal battle over stolen goods.

'Broward Sheriff's Office Dania Beach District detectives along with members of BSO's Strategic Investigations Unit and Davie Police SWAT, served arrest and search warrants at a residence in Southwest Ranches,' the sheriff's office told DailyMail.com. 




SWAT team members raided rapper Sean Kingston's Southwest Ranches, Florida home






Kingston's mother, Janice Turner (left), was taken into custody on numerous fraud and theft charges





Turner was pictured in handcuffs being escorted from the property

Following the raid Kingston posted to his Instagram story: 'People love negative energy! I am good and so is my mother!.. my lawyers are handling everything as we speak.'

A lawsuit obtained by Local10 revealed a company by the name Ver Ver Entertainment is accusing Kingston of using his celebrity status to scam companies.

The complaint alleges the rapper partially paid for a 232-inch television and entertainment system but, following the installation, never paid for the product in full. 

Dennis Card, an attorney for Ver Ver Entertainment who was outside of the home during the raid, told WSVN, 'He said that he works with Justin Bieber and that he, obviously, puts on a big show here, this is a rental house, he doesn't own it.'

'He lures people using his celebrity into having them release things without having him pay for it and then he simply never pays.'

A photo obtained by the local news station showed Turner in handcuffs being escorted from the property.

'He is stealing the property itself. He has a standardized script that he gives people, which is that he's a recording artists, that he's certainly is, and that he wants to purchase these things, but he never pays for anything,' Card said.

'He gets the stuff and that's the end of the story. He does it over and over and over.'




The reason for the raid has not been confirmed, but the 'Beautiful Girls' singer is currently embroiled in a legal battle over stolen goods







Dozens of Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were seen at his mansion the area of Southwest 146th Avenue and 46th Street




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Following the March raid of Sean 'Diddy' Combs Miami and Los Angeles mansions, a video circulated on social media of Kingston reacting to the news.

'I'm telling you, if the feds are looking for me, the last place I'm going to be is at a juice bar,' he said.

In 2020, Kingston was charged in connection with grand theft over jewelry which was delivered to him, according to TMZ.

Police sources told the outlet that the Take You There singer had not settled up the tab, leading to the warrant.

Law enforcement told the outlet that they did not intend to actually search for the rapper in connection with this warrant, but it would come up if Kingston was pulled over or detained.

The outlet reported that the legal complaint stated the bill in the case was $45,000, and Kingston could be incarcerated for as many as three years if convicted in connection with the case.

The Eenie Meenie artist has had several legal entanglements linked to high-end jewelry in the past.

In 2018, he was ordered to a New York city court to remit $301,500 to a jeweler named Aqua Master, per TMZ.




In 2020, Kingston was charged in connection with grand theft over jewelry which was delivered to him

The nine-piece lot that composed the six-figure total included two watches, two necklaces, a ring and gold chains.

A few months later, AP The Jeweler also publicly accused Kingston of stiffing payments on jewelry.

'I'm not calling cops or taking you to court. I'm going to the streets. Somewhere where you scared to be,' AP said in a since deleted Instagram post.

Kingston was reportedly kidnapped by an L.A. jeweler in 2015 and filed a police report after a sketchy watch exchange after he failed to pay the total bill for a $225,000 timepiece.

He was also sued by Avi Da Jewelers for $356,000 worth of unpaid purchases.


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