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Constables nab R&B artist for failure to pay fines, appear in court.
Bad boy singer Bobby Brown's failure to appear in court and pay fines has landed him back in the slammer.
A father and son constable team armed with an arrest warrant slapped Brown in handcuffs when he arrived at Attleboro High School around 6 p.m. yesterday to see his daughter participate in a cheerleading competition.
Kim Ward of Stoughton, the mother of Brown's two teenaged children, was at the event and unaware of his arrest, according to Jerry Loomis of All State Constables in Weymouth.
"We heard he was going to be at his daughter's cheerleading competition," Loomis said. "We scanned the crowd first. We caught him on his way to the front door as he walked from the parking lot."
The 38-year-old Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, who is estranged from pop diva Whitney Houston, was completely surprised.
"He said he just wanted to go inside to see his daughter," Loomis said. "I told him I just couldn’t take a chance."
Loomis and his son, Adam Loomis, had been waiting for about 30 minutes before Brown arrived with a girlfriend and two men.
Brown later used Loomis' cell phone to make a call on the way to jail.
"He called his girlfriend and asked her to call (someone named) Johnny and get $20,000 up here tomorrow," Loomis said.
Brown, a Boston native, was held overnight at the Dedham jail. He was expected to be taken this morning to the Norfolk County Probate and Family Court in Canton.
Loomis said a judge issued an arrest warrant Oct. 2 when Brown skipped a court appearance.
Boston lawyer Linda Medonis, who represents Ward, gave Loomis the warrant yesterday.
Following Brown's arrest, Loomis said he got a call from the singer's Atlanta lawyer, Phaedra Parks, who said that if her client did owe child support it was only about $1,000.
Loomis said Ward's lawyer told him that Brown owed fines for late payments.
ledger.southofboston.com
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