Ross
and a man described as his bodyguard were taken into custody in Fayette
County, Jim Joyner, a supervisor with the Marshals' Southeast Regional
Fugitive Task Force, told The Associated Press.
Ross
— whose real name is William Roberts — was being held in the Fayette
County Jail on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated
battery, Joyner said. The bodyguard, whose name wasn't released, faces
the same charges.
Officers
showed up at the mansion, once owned by boxer Evander Holyfield, but
someone inside refused to open the gate leading to the home, authorities
said.
"They refused to open the gate, so we opened the gate for them," Joyner said.
Once
officers got past the gate, someone inside opened the front door so
they didn't have to break it down, Joyner said. Ross and the bodyguard
were then taken into custody without incident, Joyner said.
"They didn't put up a struggle or anything," he said.
Joyner
said details of the charges would have to come from Fayette County
authorities, who weren't immediately available Wednesday morning.
It
wasn't known whether Ross has an attorney who could be contacted for
comment on the case. A message left at Maybach Music Group, Ross' record
label, was not immediately returned Wednesday morning.
It
was second time in the past two weeks Ross has been arrested in Fayette
County. On June 10, Ross was booked into the county jail on a
misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession.
In
that case, Ross and a passenger were pulled over because the windows of
the Bentley in which they were riding violated tinting regulations,
Fayette County sheriff's spokesman J. Allen Stevens said at the time.
The officer smelled marijuana and found some inside the car, Stevens
said.