Suspected Drugs, Weapons Found In DMX's Home

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CAVE CREEK, Ariz. -- About a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics were found at the north Phoenix home of rapper DMX during a search launched by sheriff's deputies on Friday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.

Deputies, acting on a tip of animal cruelty, carried out 12 pit bulls in need of immediate medical care, investigators said.

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

No charges have been filed and no one has been arrested. Arpaio said the investigation into alleged animal cruelty is ongoing and the suspected drugs are being tested to confirm their content.

A tip came in more than a week ago about dogs being kept in inhumane conditions, Arpaio said.

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.

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

Besides illegal narcotics, a cache of weapons was also found inside the home, according Arpaio.

The weapons are being checked to see if they are legal, the sheriff said. The rapper's attorney, Murray Richman, said DMX has no felony convictions that would prohibit him from owning weapons.

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.

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Police Admit Substance Found In DMX's House Not Drugs
Published Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:26 AM
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By Rudy West
Police that raided the Cave Creek, Arizona home of rapper DMX in search of abused dogs have revealed that the half-pound of "suspected" illegal narcotics found in his home were in fact, not illegal drugs.



According to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, police raided the rapper's home last Friday (August 24), after receiving complaints from his neighbors that a number of dogs were being abused at his home.



Police armed with a search warrant raided DMX's house and found 12 distressed dogs, as well as the burnt carcasses of three other dogs.



During the raid, police seized a small amount of marijuana in his home and disclosed that they also recovered a half-pound package containing a chunky substance found locked in the rapper's bathroom.



Sheriff Arpaio, who is reportedly attempting to have the rapper extradited back to Cave Creek to possibly face animal abuse charges, did not reveal what the substance found in the rapper's bathroom was.



According to DMX's attorney Murray Richman, the rapper, born Earl Simmons, is currently has been on a tour of various cities in Europe and has not been at his residence in over two months.



He said DMX was "devastated" by the raid of his home and claimed the rapper hired a caretaker to care for the dogs, who were allegedly locked in their cages 23 hours and 15 minutes a day, being allowed out only for food and water.



No charges have been filed against DMX.