Busta gets probabtion Trevor Smith, the hip-hop performer known as Busta Rhymes, was sentenced on Tues., March 18 to community service and probation on two assault charges, one in December 2006 in Lower Manhattan and the other in August 2006 in Chelsea.
Criminal Court Judge Larry Stephen imposed the no-jail sentence of three years probation and 10 days of community service despite a prosecution recommendation for at least a year in jail.
The sentence covers the December 2006 assault on W. Broadway and Warren St. and a related charge of possession of a machete found at the scene of the assault. Smith pleaded guilty to beating his former driver in a dispute over back pay. The other assault was in August 2006 of a fan whom Smith accused of spitting on his car parked on W. 19th St. at Sixth Ave.
Also covered is Smith’s plea of guilty to running a red light at Broadway and Warren St. and driving without a license on Feb. 22, 2007. Smith previously pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated on 11th Ave. at W. 51st St. in May 2007.
The sentence last week carried a stipulation that Smith refrain from associating with convicted felons except for his brother and for others while onstage performing with him.
Subway pickpocket A woman passenger, 31, who boarded a northbound No. 6 train at Canal St. at 1:45 a.m. Sat., March 15 discovered her wallet was stolen and got off at the Astor Pl. station to tell police. She discovered an unauthorized charge of $300 on her credit card, police said.
— Albert Amateau
