Justin Bieber was arrested Thursday in Miami

Justin Bieber was arrested Thursday in Miami

Justin Bieber was arrested Thursday in Miami


The pop star was taken into police custody in Miami on Thursday morning, though the details of his arrest are still being revealed. His bail was set at $2,500

Justin Bieber was arrested Thursday in Miami. The pop star was booked on several charges, including DUI and driving with an expired license.

Justin Bieber was released Miami-Dade County jail Thursday after being arrested on charges of drag racing while drunk and high before dawn.

The 19-year-old pop prince waved and smiled at a gaggle of fans as he walked out of the jail just after 2 p.m. and into a waiting car.

He was released from custody after posting $2,500 bail.

Earlier, the “Baby” singer, wearing orange jail clothing, flashed a big glassy-eyed grin as cops took his mug shot and booked him. But was “crying his eyes out” in the detention center, a source told People magazine.

Canadian teen pop singer Justin Bieber is shown in this combo of booking photos provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department in Miami, Florida January 23, 2014. Bieber was arrested in south Florida early Thursday on a drunk driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini sports car, according to police. (REUTERS/Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department/Handout via Reuters)

Bieber was busted at 4:11 a.m., driving a rented yellow Lamborghini with 21-year-old fashion model, Chantel Jeffries, in the passenger seat, a  Miami Beach Police Detective Vivian Hernandez told the Daily News.

“For his DUI charge it’s going to be a combination of alcohol and narcotics," she said.

The green-eyed Jeffries, a 5-foot 6 Wihelmina model who sports a 32-23-35 body, was also  taken into custody but not immediately charged, cops said. She has a reputation as a Miami bad girl, having been arrested at least five times before, once for driving 92 mph in a 70 mph zone.

“Something about the shock factor,” Jeffries tweeted hours before her arrest from a men’s basketball game between the University of Miami and the Duke Blue Devils.

Bieber was stopped near the 300 block of 41st St., near Pine Tree Drive in Miami. He was driving a rented yellow Lamborghini and going “up to 60” mph in a residential neighborhood where the speed limit is 30.

He reportedly blew a .04, which would not make him a drunk driver if he were 21 years old, but Florida law indicates the singer could face an automatic license suspension for being underage and blowing above a .02, according to TMZ.

His entourage blocked off local streets to create a make-shift drag strip for him, Hernandez said. A police report described at least four black Cadillac SUV's blocking roads in front and behind two sports cars, causing backed up traffic.
A member of his group, aspiring musician Khalil Amir Sharieff, is confirmed as the other racer. He was also charged with a DUI and released on $1,000 bail.

“The message prosecutors will want to send is that he can’t go barnstorming around the country, renting exotic cars and drag racing in the streets, putting other lives at risk. That’s not conduct the courts are going to just allow to happen,” Copeland said.

“As far as immigration, there’s very little chance he’d be deported over this. These aren’t considered crimes of moral turpitude. This isn’t burglary, murder or grand theft. Typically, this isn’t something that would get you deported." 

Just hours earlier on Wednesday, the singer was seen riding a Segway through Miami streets, and hanging out on the beach with Rapper Lil Scrappy and Bieber's father, Jeremy Bieber.

Khalil Amir Sharieff, who was arrested with Justin Bieber, is arraigned Thursday. His bond was set for $1,000.