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Rapper T.I., famous for pop hits "Whatever You Like" and "Dead and Gone", will soon need help from a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, since the rapper and his wife were both arrested on drug possession charges earlier this week in West Hollywood. The Los Angeles Times reports that T.I, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was pulled over in West Hollywood for a traffic violation. However, when sheriff's deputies smelled marijuana coming from his vehicle during the traffic stop, an investigation ignited.

T.I and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle were found to be in possession of a controlled substance during the investigation. They were both taken to the West Hollywood sheriff's station and booked on felony drug possession charges.

The teenager that was sentenced to six months in jail last May for burglarizing Orlando Bloom's Hollywood Hills home has been released from jail early, according to CBS News. Bling Ring member Alexis Neiers spent just 30 days behind bars at the Regional Detention Facility before her release last Friday.

Yet the 19-year-old isn't completely off the hook for the burglary. The Bling Ring member still has three years of probation to get through and will have to pay a $600,000 worth of restitution for getting out of jail early.

The recordings of Mel Gibson's alleged threats to his then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva are gaining a great amount of attention, now that the leaked tape recordings have been circulated all over the Internet. But some Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys are questioning if the leaked tape recordings will actually be able to be used as evidence if he is ordered to stand trial.

The audio recordings, which were released through RadarOnline.com, contain graphic and profane language in which the Russian singer is threatened with violence. It has not been proven that the man making the threats is actually Mel Gibson, but the voice recordings do sound like the actor and Mel Gibson has not yet denied that he said those statements.

Former Food Network Chef Juan Carlos Cruz pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and solicitation of murder during his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court last month. Let's just hope that his Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, can come up with a good defense strategy. The celebrity chef is due back in court on June 23 for the preliminary hearing.

According to ABC News, Juan Carlos Cruz allegedly gave some homeless men ten $100 bills and cut each bill in half. He allegedly said that they could have the full bills if they killed his wife, Jennifer Campbell. The homeless men then reported the incident to authorities. Some sources believe that the chef was just trying to put his wife out her misery, since she has been long-time suicidal. However, Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys in the area say that this wouldn't be a good defense to the charges.

The man who tried to jump over a fence at CBS Studios last year to meet Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson pleaded not guilty on Monday to one felony count each of stalking and commercial burglary, along with two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle in a city.

According to the Beverly Hills Courier, suspect Robert Michael O'Ryan drove from Florida to Los Angeles while Shawn Johnson was on Dancing With the Stars in hopes of being able to meet and marry the Olympic gold medal winner. Court documents stated that authorities found a loaded shotgun, knife, and sharpening stone in the suspect's vehicle, along with a wooden club, duct tape, 22 zip ties, a bulletproof vest and love letters to Shawn Johnson.

In current Suge Knight news, officers with the Los Angeles Police Department arrested founder of Death Row Records in Gardena for alleged assault with a deadly weapon. The Los Angeles Times reports that while officers were arresting the former rap impresario, they found that the man had also been driving with a suspended license, so they arrested him on that charge as well.

Suge Knight's vehicle was stopped by officers after a man claimed that the Death Row manager had pointed a gun at him. Yet Suge Knight now has a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney that is denying the allegations. Attorney Marc Brumer went as far as saying that his client is "100 percent" innocent.

It turns out that UFC fighter Tito Ortiz may not need a criminal defense attorney, since Orange County prosecutors have so far declined to file charges against the mixed martial arts fighter.

The Los Angeles Times reported that UFC fighter Tito Ortiz was arrested in Huntington Beach on suspicion of domestic violence last month after he allegedly hit his porn star girlfriend Jenna Jameson. The police arrested the man after Jenna Jameson's father reported a "domestic disturbance." The UFC fighter was booked, but then released after posting $25,000 bail.

Perhaps actor Sean Penn isn't known as the most friendly person in Los Angeles, but the paparazzi may not be messing with him again after he reportedly kicked a photographer and broke his camera.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Oscar winning actor was initially charged with battery and vandalism after the incident, but Sean Penn's Los Angeles criminal defense attorney was able to establish a plea deal with prosecutors and end the assault case against him.  On Wednesday, the actor pleaded no contest to a vandalism charge as part of the plea deal.

Los Angeles prosecutors saw 18-year-old Alexis Neiers as a minor player in the famous celebrity burglary ring, known as "the bling ring", but many L.A community members see her no contest plea as a great deal of progress with the case.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Alexis Neiers, member of the bling ring, pleaded no contest to felony residential burglary on Monday by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza. Through a plea deal, Alexis Neiers was sentenced to just six months in jail and three years probation. If she violates the terms of her probation, she can be sentenced to another two years in jail.