*Flesh Bone Charges Dropped!*

Gun possession charges against Stanley Howse, one of the founding members of the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, were dropped today in a Santa Clarita courthouse.“The defense turned over some information, and we investigated and realized we were unable to proceed with the charges as filed, so the judge dismissed the case,” said Jane Robinson, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles district attorney’s office.

Howse, who is on parole, was pulled over April 2 by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, who noticed a brake light was out on his car, Robinson said. Deputies then conducted a search of Howse’s vehicle and his Canyon Country home, where they recovered a 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol. The Grammy-winning rapper known as Flesh-N-Bone was arrested and charged with gun possession by a felon.

Howse, 35, and his attorney Shepard Kopp, of the Geragos & Geragos law firm, have maintained that the weapon belonged to Howse’s wife, a Chicago police officer who is on leave from the Chicago Police Department and recently moved to California.The dismissal of the case left his client “overjoyed,” Kopp said.

“It vindicates what I’ve said from the start of this case, which is that Mr. Howse did not possess any contraband,” he said. “When you haven’t done anything wrong and you wind up in jail it’s a pretty traumatic event. There’s still a parole hold, and we hope to get that resolved within the next week.”

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Flesh N Bones pleads NOT Guilty

The lawyer for Stanley Howse, better known as the rapper Flesh-N-Bone of the platinum-selling rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, told a court Monday that the weapon found by sheriff's deputies in the rapper's Canyon Country home belonged to Howse's wife - a Chicago police officer.

Howse pleaded not guilty to felony weapons charges in a Santa Clarita Valley Superior Court on Monday. Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's deputies arrested Howse on Thursday after a traffic stop prompted law enforcement to search the parolee's Canyon Country home.

His status as a parolee subjects Howse to random searches at any time, Lt. Mike Dunkle said. Howse's wife, manager and friends filed into the courtroom Monday for the arraignment. Judge Graciela Freixes ordered Howse back to court April 16 for a preliminary hearing in Santa Clarita Superior Court, department three.

Freixes set bail at $135,000. Howse's attorney protested what he said was a high bail amount, considering the circumstances."The gun was found in a closet inside a locked suitcase," said Shepard Kopp, Howse's attorney. "The gun belongs to Mr. Howse's wife Isabel Flores, who is a Chicago Police Officer.

"Howse's wife is on leave from the Chicago Police Department, Kopp said. He said the firearm is registered and Howse told deputies at the time of the arrest that the gun belonged to Flores and she was a police officer. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Catherine Yeh said Howse's prior criminal record justifies the bail amount.

"Mr. Howse's record is significant and violent in nature," Yeh said. "He has a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer."Howse was paroled in July 2008 after serving 10 years in prison for the assault, Yeh said.Freixes kept the bail at $135,000.

After the courtroom drama concluded, Robert Francis, Howse's brand manager, issued a statement on behalf of the embattled entertainer.
"At this time all the facts have not been revealed publicly," Francis said.