Rapper arrested after getting honor

The rapper known as Scarface received a prestigious honor Friday at Atlanta’s BET Hip Hop Awards — and then got arrested on child supportrelated charges.

Fulton County Sheriff ’s Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan confirmed Sunday that the rapper, whose given name is Brad Terrance Jordan, was arrested Friday on child support-contempt charges. Flanagan did not know what jurisdiction took out the original warrants or where the arrest occurred, saying only that deputies “had an arrest order” for Jordan and took him into custody without incident.

Jordan remained at the Fulton County jail Sunday afternoon. Online records listed his bond — which, in child support cases, generally coincides with the amount owed — as $482,190.50.

Jordan, a Houstonbased rapper who first gained fame in the late 1980s as part of the group Geto Boys, was in Atlanta to receive the “I Am Hip Hop” recognition at the BET Hip Hop Awards, which were taped Friday at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center..

According to The Associated Press, he accepted the lifetime achievement award with a succinct speech.

“I’m not [expletive] without y’all,” he said before walking off the stage.

An arrest has been made in the hit-andrun crash that killed a Gwinnett pedestrian Tuesday night.

Gwinnett County police confirmed Hakeem Dure Temple’s Saturday night arrest was in connection with the crash that killed 28-year-old Amber Harding on South Norcross Tucker Road, but could not provide information about how he was identified or apprehended. In the days following the crash, authorities released a detailed descrip- tion of the gold Honda that hit Harding.

A police spokesman also could not provide further insight Sunday into why the charges filed against Temple included felony vehicular homicide — despite previous assertions that Harding was crossing the road illegally. Under Georgia law, a defendant is guilty of first-degree vehicular homicide when he or she “causes an accident” that kills someone and flees the scene.

“Both share some responsibility in the outcome of this incident,” Gwinnett police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera said earlier in the week. “But the driver of the vehicle has an obligation to stay and render aid no matter the fault.”

According to information released Wednesday, Harding was walking against a “don’t walk” sign Tuesday night while attempting to cross South Norcross Tucker Road near Graves Road. At the same time, the Honda now believed driven by Temple passed through a yellow light and struck her.

Harding died, and the vehicle drove off.

In addition to vehicular homicide, Temple is charged with hit-and-run, also a felony. Gwinnett County jail records show the Lilburn resident is being held without bond.

Police were searching Sunday for a man who attacked a woman on a trail in Roswell.

The 51-year-old woman was running on the trail along Riverside Road near Northshore Drive at about 7 a.m. when she said a man struck her in the back of the head. The man walked away, she told police. The woman called police.

The woman sustained minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to North Fulton Hospital where she was treated and released, police said.