Popular dancehall artisteLaden, accused of using expletives to a policeman in Junction, St Elizabeth, is to face the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer to charges of indecent assault and disorderly conduct.

The 23-year-old singjay, whose real name is O'Keefe Aaron, of Cheapside district in the parish, was arrested and charged for the offences by the Junction police on Wednesday, May 27, following an incident.

female student

It is alleged that about 6:25 p.m. on the day in question, a friend of the entertainer was having a conversation with a female student of a prominent high school in the parish when the policeman approached the student, asked her what she was doing on the street in uniform at that time of the evening, and ordered her to go home.

It is further alleged that Laden, who was standing nearby, heard and intervened and told the student not to go anywhere.

argument developed

An argument developed between Laden and the lawman, who is a sergeant of police, and it was reported that the artiste began using several expletives and shortly afterwards, was accosted and taken into custody, where he spent the night.

The following day, his lawyer turned up at the police station and he was offered bail in the sum of $20,000.

The singjay came to prominence about three years ago after appearing on the Digicel Rising Stars competition.

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