Justin Beiber, investigated for bad boy activities on both coasts, has been accused of resisting arrest and driving under the influence after a drag racing incident in Miami Beach, police said on Thursday.
Beiber admitted to having consumed alcohol before the incident, police said, and that he had been smoking marijuana and had taken prescription drugs.
Beiber, 19, was in custody pending a first court appearance, police spokesman Robert Hernandez told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday morning.
ARREST: Justin Bieber arrest report
The singer is being held on suspicion of resisting arrest without violence, DUI and driving with an invalid driver’s license. The license was issued by the state of Georgia, Hernandez said.
Police Chief Ray Martinez said in a televised news conference that Beiber was not cooperative with police when the star was pulled over Thursday morning, allegedly racing a yellow Lamborghini against another driver in a Ferrari. The second driver was also charged and both vehicles were taken to a police garage.
Police said two SUVs blocked traffic at West 26th Street and Pine Tree Drive so that they could race along Pine Tree.
According to the arrest report, the vehicles were going between 55 and 60 mph in a 30 mph zone.
When he was pulled over, police said, Beiber asked why he was stopped. The arrest report states that the officer who talked to Bieber smelled the odor of alcohol and saw the driver’s bloodshot eyes.
“The driver had slow, deliberate movements and a stupor look on his face,” according to the police report.
Bieber, 19, flew to South Florida on Monday.
Thursday’s incident marks the first time the teen singer has been arrested, although he is under investigation on allegations of egging his neighbor’s home in Southern California.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies used a search warrant last week to raid Bieber’s Calabasas mansion in the felony vandalism investigation.
They seized Bieber’s iPhone and the security camera system, which detectives have been examining for clues about who tossed eggs over a fence that splattered onto the house next door, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage.
Deputies have said they are investigating reports by Bieber’s neighbors that he raced his expensive sports car down the streets of the exclusive Oaks community of Calabasas. No charges have been filed.
