Rodarius Marcell Green, famously known as Rod Wave, was arrested on Wednesday morning. Yet on the same day, he was released from jail, only hours later. He was arrested on two counts of illegal possession of a weapon or ammo in Manatee County.
The St. Petersburg Police Department hosted press conference in the aftermath of the arrest alleging that Rod — born Rodarius Marcell Green — was connected to a gang-related shooting in Florida that left four bystanders injured outside of Sonic Sports Bar in St. Petersburg.
Kovacsev claimed that the getaway vehicle used in the shooting was registered to Rod and that the Palm Avenue residence the group fled to was also allegedly registered to the “Heart On Ice” singer.
Police determined that “another residence” was rented by Rod in Palm Meadow and shifted the focus to that location, where they executed a search warrant. Subjects leaving that residence were arrested on weapons charges by undercover detectives and the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
“Rod was arrested and detained with absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing,” Cohen captioned the Instagram post featuring a photo of Rod. “The police claimed he was a felon in possession of ammunition. Not only was he not in possession of ammunition, a basic check of public records would have easily demonstrated to the police that he was not a convicted felon. The prosecutor and the judge immediately agreed that the evidence did not support the charge and set him free the same day.”
The vehicle in which the suspects of the shooting fled was also registered to Green, but the police didn’t have enough true evidence to charge Green.
According to Billboard, in May 2022, Rod Wave was arrested in St Petersburg, Florida, in connection to an incident that allegedly occurred the month before. The outlet reports that Wave was accused of entering his girlfriend’s home on April 24, 2022, and choking her. The singer was reportedly booked into the Pinellas County Jail.
However, the singer’s attorney, Bradford M. Cohen, reportedly called the incident a “misunderstanding.” Furthermore, the charges against the singer were ultimately dropped.
