Sean Kington has been arrested after the singer's home in south Florida was subject to a police and SWAT team raid Thursday morning.
Kingston was apprehended without incident Thursday evening
by police in Fort Irwin, California, after the Broward Sheriff's Office issued
an arrest warrant for numerous fraud and theft charges, BSO public information
officer Carey Codd told USA TODAY in an email Thursday.
Kingston will be booked into jail in San Bernardino,
according to investigators.
Codd previously said that detectives, along with the Davie
Police SWAT, “served arrest and search warrants at a residence in Southwest
Ranches” after an investigation.
The Investigation resulted in the arrest of Kingston’s
62-year-old mom Janice Turner for “numerous fraud and theft charges.”
According to Local News 10, the “Beautiful Girls” singer was
not present on the property.
The details of Turner’s arrest are unclear at this time.
Earlier this month, Turner was sued in a civil lawsuit by
Curran Living Trust for $100,000 in unpaid rent for a different location in
Florida than the arrest Thursday, according to Broward Country court documents
obtained.
Kingston is also facing legal trouble after being sued for
breach of contract and fraud by Ver Ver Entertainment in February for allegedly
failing to pay for a 232-inch TV and premium sound system, court documents
show.
The company alleged the singer flaunted his celebrity
status, particularly a connection to Justin Bieber, to negotiate the price.
They are asking for $30,000 and attorney fees in a trial by jury.
Attorney Dennis Card, who represents Ver Ver Entertainment,
told Local 10 News outside of the raid on Thursday that they plan to get the
equipment back.
“He basically has a sales pitch that he goes through to
defraud people. He induces them into giving him really expensive things,” Card
said. “We know that our property is inside this house right here, so as soon as
the raid takes place we are going to have a crew of people in there to
reassemble it and take it back to its rightful owner.”