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Drama On-Set Of VH1's 'Basketball Wives' Reunion Show Results In Cast Member Being Arrested In Front Of Stunned Audience

Police were called to the set of VH1’s Basketball Wives on Saturday in Los Angeles and were forced to detain one cast member, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Woman Faces Long Prison Sentence After Being Found Guilty Of Setting Stripper On Fire Inside Club

(NewsCore) -- A woman accused of setting a bikini dancer on fire at the Babes 'n' Beer club in California was convicted of felony mayhem and torture Thursday, counts that could lead to a life prison term.

However, the jury acquitted Rianne Theriault-Odom, 28, of attempted murder and attempted voluntary manslaughter in the February 2009 attack on Roberta Dos Santos Busby, 28.

Authorities said Theriault-Odom argued with the dancer outside the club in Tarzana, in the San Fernando Valley, then doused her with petrol and set her on fire.

Busby, a single mother of two, told the court she suffered burns to 40 percent of her body, spent five months in hospital and had 30 skin grafts since the attack.

The accused denied the charges, saying Busby had punched her and that someone else was responsible for pouring flammable liquid over the dancer.

The court was told that the feud between the two women developed when Theriault-Odom was rejected for a dancer's job at the bar.

Theriault-Odom was scheduled to be sentenced March 4.

- MyFox LA contributed to this report .

Bronx Men File $2 Million Lawsuit Against NYPD For Being Arrested For 'Crack' That Was Really Coconut Candy

NY Daily News: A drug bust of two Bronx men wasn't all it was cracked up to be - and now they're looking for a sweet payday from the city.

Cops accused Cesar Rodriguez and Jose Pena of having crack cocaine in their work van, but it was only coconut candy, they said Friday.

Charges were dropped after tests showed they were telling the truth, but the two men plan to file a $2 million suit against the NYPD.

"I spent five days in jail for possession of coconut candy," said Rodriguez, 33, an ex-con who works as a plumber's assistant.

He and Pena were parked near an Arthur Ave. bodega Jan. 15 when two police officers asked to search their green Chevy Venture van, the men said.

The cops found pieces of the crystalline candy - known as crema de coco and sold in bodegas across the city - in a plastic baggie.

Officer Anthony Burgos of the 48th Precinct arrested the duo for drug possession despite their insistence they were guilty only of a sweet tooth, Rodriguez said.

"I kept telling him it is candy," he said.

Rodriguez and Pena were locked up on a Friday night and didn't see a judge for arraignment until that Sunday, said their lawyer, Neil Wollerstein.

Pena was released after arraignment, but Rodriguez couldn't make the $5,000 bail a judge imposed because of a prior armed robbery conviction. He wasn't let go until this Thursday, the lawyer said.

"This all could have been avoided if they believed us and tasted the candy," said Pena, 48, a father of four boys who works with Rodriguez. "I thought my life was over."

Wollerstein said cops ignored proper procedure.

"They could have called for a field test [on the substance] and let these men go," he said as the notice of claim was filed with the controller's office.

"Either these two officers failed to follow procedure and were completely incompetent or they intentionally arrested these men for possession of coconut candy."

Stephen Reed, a spokesman for the Bronx district attorney's office, confirmed all charges were dropped.

"This wasn't a narcotic substance," he said.

The NYPD declined to comment.

The confection at the center of the case is widely available. It comes shaped like a rod and wrapped in plain cellophane.

Rodriguez said he crumbled his into pieces and put it in a Hello Kitty sandwich bag so it would be easier to eat while driving.

He got hooked on the sweet because his grandmother used to make it - and has no plans of quitting his habit.

"It just melts in your mouth," he said. "I eat this every day, and I'm not going to stop because of what I've just been through."

wcruz@nydailynews.com

Details Emerge From September Arrest Of Nas For Driving High On Weed

US Magazine: When rapper Nas was arrested for DUI this past fall, he was driving under the influence of marijuana, TMZ reports.

The star, 36 was taken in by Henry County cops near his Georgia home on Sept. 10, and according to a police report, he admitted that he was smoking weed at a friend's house before the arrest.


The report stated that he "had a green tongue with raised taste buds and his pulse was raised to 116 beats per minute." The officer who arrested him allegedly said Nas had "eyelid tremors in both eyes and body tremors" and that the car smelled of raw marijuana.

Charges are still pending.


The news of the police report comes the day he and ex Kelis went to court for their pending divorce.

In July, a judge awarded the "Milkshake" singer nearly $44,000 in monthly support from Nas, with whom she split in April while she was seven months pregnant with their son, Knight Jones.