Rapper OMB Peezy charged in shooting
Unmarked tags are supposed to be reserved for high level positions
An Alabama rapper was arrested in connection to a shooting at a music video set in downtown Atlanta, authorities said.
OMB Peezy was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, news outlets reported.
The shooting happened on Feb. 21 at a scrap yard where rappers Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg were filming a music video.
Atlanta police said two men were wounded in the gunfire. Another man was injured at the scene but it’s unclear whether he was shot.
A state inspector general’s report released Thursday found that nearly 1,000 unmarked license plate requests were approved in 2019 improperly for political officials.
Those license plates are normally reserved for the highest levels of elected or appointed governmental officials, and they must include the name of the specific office of the motorist. This is meant as a protection against misuse or waste of public dollars. For instance, the report from Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro notes a highway superintendent in western New York who was caught misusing his vehicle as a result of the vehicles markings.
“The inspector general’s review found that through lax oversight and inconsistent and confusing instructions, some government officials to able wrongfully circumvent the plate requirement. This misuse made it more difficult for the public to verify that taxpayer-funded vehicles were used for government business only and not abused or misappropriated,” the report says.
The report describes widespread mistakes from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to vet applications for special unmarked plates, with the effect of granting a number of them improperly. Almost 200,000 license plates were registered through the special program, and 30,000 didn’t include information about what political subdivision the vehicle belonged to, contrary to the rules.
Policy changes for the DMV were recommended by the inspector general, including providing written justification in applications for unmarked plates, requiring outdated special plates to be returned, requiring registration stickers on special plates, improving record keeping and transferring responsibility of unmarked plates for law enforcement to a separate division.
Mark J. F. Schroeder, the new commissioner of the DMV, committed to reviewing how the department oversees the special license plates program, the inspector general’s office said.