A member of the rap group Migos, jailed without bond after an April 18 arrest at a Georgia Southern University concert, racked up more charges Saturday after a fight behind bars.
Kiari Kendrell Cephus of Lawrenceville, known by the stage name "Offset," was charged with battery and causing a riot in a penal institution after a fight in the Bulloch County Jail with another inmate Saturday, according to reports from the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office.
Bulloch County Sheriff's Inv. Walter Deal said in reports a jail night supervisor notified him about the incident around 7:15 p.m., but the fight occurred around 3 p.m. Saturday. Jail surveillance video shows the assault, he stated. The victim, not identified in reports, "had visible injury to the right side of the head," he said. The victim identified Cephus as his attacker, and video confirmed the attack, according to reports.
Prior felony convictions
Cephus was being held without bond after the April 18 arrest, when he was charged with marijuana possession, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, carrying a weapon in a school safety zone (felony), possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Barclay Black denied bond due to previous felony convictions in Gwinnett and Dekalb counties, including convictions of burglary and theft by receiving stolen property.
He was on probation, but a judge allowed him early release on probation in January, Black said Monday.
Cephus is expected to join others who were arrested after the concert in facing Bulloch County Superior Court Judge John R. Turner Friday for bond hearings, he said. A total of 15 people connected to the band were arrested regarding the drugs and guns offenses at the concert.
Black intends to present the new charges to the grand jury today - "violence to another inmate, (which is) battery, causing substantial injury to another inmate, and rioting in a penal institution," he said.
Two other Migos members, Kirshnick Khari Ball, known by the stage name "Takeoff," and Quavious Keyatz Marshall, known by the stage name "Quavo," both of Lawrenceville, were released on bonds of $10,000 each, according to jail records. They were each charged with marijuana possession, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, carrying a weapon in a school safety zone (felony), possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Migos arrived an hour and a half late for the concert scheduled for 9 p.m., and while contracted to perform 45 minutes or more, left the stage after 30 minutes. That was when they were arrested,
GSU officials only paid the band half of the promised $33,000 due to the lateness, shortened time of performance and the criminal charges, said Jan Bond, GSU's associate vice president of marketing and communications.
Holli Deal Saxon may be reached at (912) 489-9414.