News: Philly Police Question Beanie Sigel's Story
Rapper Beanie Sigel is having trouble convincing cops in Philadelphia that he was indeed robbed and shot by assailants last May near his boyhood home.
"No one believes him. We don't believe he was shot where he said he was shot," Detective Tracy Byard told the Philadelphia Daily News. "There's a million-and-one holes in his story."
Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, told police that on May 25 he was boxed in by two vehicles and surrounded by several men who took off with his watch, his $75,000 chain and $3,000 in cash. Sigel said the thieves shot him in the shoulder.
But police said there were no shell casings present in the area and no one witnessed the shooting or heard any gunshots.
"We knocked on at least 30 doors in that area, and no one heard a thing," Byard said.
Sigel also gave a hard time to investigators when they tried to photograph his wound and question his story, Byard said.
Sigel's attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr., feels the police are "having a tough time swallowing the fact that he's a victim" because of the rapper's prior criminal charges.
"I have no reason to believe anything other than what he's told me," Perri said.
While visiting a Sirius Satellite Radio show Friday night, Sigel addressed the incident.
"My getting shot and somebody robbing me! Negative," Sigel said during "The Aphilliates: The Streetz Is Watchin'," a weekly hip-hop show. "I am on federal parole, so I can't get into details, but give me another nine months and I will tell y'all exactly what the deal was."
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