Bogalusa Rapper Arrested in Georgia

Source: Washington Parish Sheriff's Office

According to an article published April 23 in the Newnan, Georgia Times-Herald newspaper, Bogalusa rapper Javorius Scott, also known as JayDaYoungan, was arrested on April 21 in Coweta County, Georgia. Law enforcement officers arrested Scott and six other occupants of a rental property in Senoia, Georgia, while searching for a fugitive. Scott was reportedly in the Atlanta area shooting a video and possibly buying a property in Marietta, according to a spokesman for the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office. Scott’s girlfriend, 19-year-old Jordan MacKenzie Brooks, was also arrested. Both have been released on bond.

Occupants of the house were charged with marijuana possession with intent to distribute, narcotics possession, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Scott and Brooks, specifically, were charged with marijuana possession with intent to distribute, narcotics possession and tampering with evidence. Several bottles of codeine cough syrup and several oxycodone pills were also found, along with eleven firearms and $2,949, according to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the Times-Herald, Scott was arrested in February, 2020, on a family domestic abuse warrant. He was accused of hitting a pregnant woman, according to authorities in Harris County, Texas. He was reportedly apprehended by police after he was found hiding in the attic of a home. Officers also reportedly seized $24,000 in cash, along with oxycodone, promethazine and several firearms in the home where they found Scott hiding. The article went on to say that Scott is best known for his singles “23 Island,” “Opps” and “Elimination”.