DETROIT – Singer Trey Songz pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace in connection with the December assault of a Detroit police officer at Joe Louis Arena.
Tremaine Neverson, commonly known as Trey Songz, was arrested after his Dec. 28 show in Detroit and charged with assaulting a police officer causing injury and aggravated assault. Authorities say microphones and speakers were thrown from the Joe Louis Arena stage.
Neverson was originally charged with resisting and obstructing a police officer and aggravated assault, but the charged were dismissed as part of his plea deal.
He was sentenced to 18 months probation, anger management classes, substance-abuse screening and restitution.
What happened
According to Detroit police, Neverson became belligerent when he ran out of time and was asked to get off the stage. He began throwing speakers, microphones, and other objects. Several concertgoers told Local 4 they were surprised to see him do this.
Detroit police officers went on stage and tried to calm him down, but he continued to throw things. A Detroit police sergeant was hit in the head and taken to the hospital with a concussion. The prosecutor's office said the officer was hit with Neverson's fist.
This video was posted by a concertgoer:
Video and photo evidence in case
A motion hearing was held in June about video and still photography evidence in the case that the prosecution wanted to admit.
Neverson's booking photo showed him allegedly giving the middle finger at officers taking the photograph. The defense had first agreed to allow the booking photographs to be admitted, arguing that they show injuries allegedly sustained by police. They later objected to admitting the photographs.
The second motion was about a video from a show in Las Vegas has Neverson on camera saying "F*** the police."
The judge ruled in favor of the prosecution and both the video and photographs were admitted into evidence.
