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DMX extradited to Phoenix from Miami

He pled guilty to drug charges in Florida and faces theft charges in Arizona

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DMX faces theft charges in Phoenix after pleading guilty to drug charges in Miami.
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updated 8:26 p.m. ET Sept. 11, 2008

PHOENIX - Rapper DMX is now in custody in a Phoenix jail on theft charges, Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said Thursday.

DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) was extradited Wednesday from Miami, where he had pleaded guilty to drug charges and was sentenced to time served.

Simmons is being held on a $25,000 cash bond. He was arrested on a fugitive warrant for failing to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court.

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DMX still faces several animal cruelty and drug possession counts.

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