Popular graffiti personality and dancehall artiste/enigma L.A. Lewis has been arrested.

The Star has learnt that the artiste and head of L.A. Lewis Enterprise was arrested on Saturday and slapped with charges of housebreaking, larceny and assault occasioning bodily harm.

Female artiste

The Half-Way Tree police told THE STAR yesterday that Lewis was arrested in relation to a December 2008 incident involving a female artiste who he was promoting. The name of that artiste is currently being withheld.

The police said while they could not disclose detailed information relating to the incident, Lewis was informed that he needed to report to the Half-Way Tree police following the December episode, but failed to do so. As a result, he was picked up last Saturday. Lewis is now awaiting an attorney, after which he will be questioned.

Scamming her

Earlier this month, The Star published a story in which a female artiste, who was a former member of the L.A. Lewis Enterprise, accused him of scamming her of more than $600,000 in addition to possessing her motor car. The police source, however, would not say if Lewis' arrest was linked to this. Attempts to contact that female artiste were unsuccessful.