Rapper T.I. arrested at Atlanta airport after being mistaken for someone else

ATLANTA, Ga. — WSBTV has reported that Atlanta rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was mistakenly arrested at Atlanta’s airport Sunday night.

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According to Channel 2′s Tom Jones, the Clayton County sheriff said a warrant had been taken out for a man with the same name in Baltimore. That Clifford Harris was accused of beating a woman.

“T.I. said he was in Los Angles and arrived in Baltimore after the alleged incident took place,” WSB reported. “The warrant also described the suspect as significantly larger than T.I.”

The rapper told authorities he was not the suspect they were looking for but a border patrol agent arrested him anyway.

T.I. was released from the Clayton County jail two hours after being taken into custody.

WSB reported that a metro Atlanta judge dismissed the case.

WSBTV.com contributed this story.

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