Deputies Raid Home Of Rapper DMX; 12 Neglected Dogs Seized; Others Found Buried

Deputies Raid Home Of Rapper DMX
12 Neglected Dogs Seized; Others Found Buried



CAVE CREEK, Ariz. -- Sheriff's deputies acting on a tip of animal cruelty raided the Phoenix-area home of rapper-turned-actor DMX and carried out 12 pit bulls in need of immediate medical care, investigators said.

They said they also found several dogs buried in the back yard of the Cave Creek property.



The Maricopa County sheriff's deputies said a tip came in more than a week ago about dogs being kept in inhumane conditions, said Sheriff Joe Arpaio.


Detectives went to the home and then called one of the rapper's lawyers, Arapio said. Investigators told him that the conditions for the dogs needed to be improved or deputies would obtain a search warrant, Arpaio said.

Authorities armed with a warrant returned to the home Friday and discovered a dozen dogs that were not being watered or fed. Arapio said.

A source told CBS 5 News that someone had recently been hired to take care of DMX's dogs while he is in New York. Neighbors said they haven't seen DMX for several months.






Investigators also found drug paraphernalia and a cache of weapons inside the home, according Arpaio.

Arpaio said it does not appear dogfighting was involved, just abuse of dogs.

Earl Simmons, 36, also known as DMX, was not at home when the raid occurred, according to deupties.


The animals were taken to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office M.A.S.H. unit. The facility at the jail is no-kill animal shelter created to house and care for animals that have been abused or neglected by their caretakers and rescued by the Animal Cruelty Investigative Unit.

DMX has a history of law-enforcement run-ins.

In 1999, during a "Hard Knock Life" tour stop in Denver, he was arrested and later cleared in the stabbing and shooting of his mother.

In 2002, he pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for neglecting 13 pit bulls in his possession.

source: Deputies Raid Home Of Rapper DMX - Local News Story - KPHO Phoenix




Wow, now that I know of this, I hate him as an "artist" and a human being!

screw this guy!! just like vick

a runny fibery piece of a bloody bowel movement with corn chunks is what they are.

DMX first the Crack now this i use love him when I was little then he started coming out with shit music. But he is a crazy guy so i would expect some thing like this to happen but they shouldn't even have let him have animals when he got out of rehab.

his mom got shot and stabbed?

How fucking lovely. :mad: Well at least the shit is coming out....I'm so thrilled with the public reaction to animal cruelty I could just pop my buttons. ROOT THAT SHIT OUT AND THOSE WHO DO IT!!!!


And why are these dicks such liars? I didn't know anything about it...not me ....even though i pleaded guilty to the same bullshit in 2002. I'd never hurt a doggie....just my mom.

I hope they throw the book at him;)

What a loser...

[talking] I don't really trust humans that much these days
Hmm shit, fact of the matter is, i trust dawgs more than i trust humans
Shit, nothin like that dawg love i tell you
Not just any dawg, [barking] gotta be a Pit Bull
Yep, thats the only dawg for me
(Cough, cough) You don't wanna get caught in a pit with one a them boy
They make good companions, but even worse enemies


LOL...darkman might be gettin that dawg love but it don't seem he's giving it back

Its just racial profiling.How come all they're busting is blacks?

It's not a black or white thing. Many leaders on different sides of the race issue have banded together on recent animal cruelty incidents.

It really pisses me off and makes me sad when I hear of shit like this. Shaan04, you said he smokes crack? Figures.