Kodak Black has been arrested for the second time in eight days. The 28-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Bill Kaprisurrendered to authorities in Florida on Thursday, May 14, and was booked into the Broward County Jail on charges of resisting an officer without violence and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement. Both charges are currently listed as pending trial. His bond on the new charges was set at zero dollars.
The arrest comes just eight days after Kapri was taken into custody on charges of trafficking MDMA, a case in which he pleaded not guilty on May 7. A judge set bail at $75,000, citing Kapri’s 12 previous misdemeanor convictions, two misdemeanor convictions and one previous failure to appear in court. He was later bonded before the second arrest took place.
Kapri’s lawyer, Bradford Cohenresponded to Thursday’s arrest with language that made clear the defense plans to aggressively fight the charges. “This is a surrender to yet another ‘investigation’ that also happened to take five months to investigate for alleged flight and evasion,” Cohen told TMZ. He continued: “It’s not unexpected as this is usually the process we go through where there’s an unwarranted, weak arrest and then another arrest for cases that reportedly take five or six months to investigate. At this point, I think everyone agrees that Kodak has been consistently targeted.”
The charges against Broward County stem from a separate incident from the Orlando MDMA case, adding a second active legal issue to a situation already complicated by a lengthy criminal record.
Kodak Black arrested in Florida: The MDMA case that started it
Kodak Black has been arrested for resisting and eluding a police officer in Florida.
The rapper was booked in his hometown of Pompano Beach, Florida on Thursday (May 14), according to Broward County Sheriff’s Office records obtained by XXL. Kodak is accused of resisting a… pic.twitter.com/XxAXdDJzpQ
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The May 6 MDMA trafficking bust stemmed from a November 2025 incident outside the Children’s Safety Village in Orlando, where police responded to reports of gunfire. According to the arrest affidavit, an officer reported smelling marijuana coming from a parked vehicle at the scene. Police say Kapri approached officers while they were searching the car, and investigators later linked several items found at the location to the rapper through social media posts.
Officers reportedly discovered a pair of pink scissors on the floor of one of the vehicles that matched a pair of scissors Kapri had posted on Instagram about a week earlier. A ring recovered at the scene is also said to resemble a ring visible in another photo on social media. Investigators further alleged that a firearm recovered from one of the vehicles was similar to one Kapri had previously displayed online.
Police also reported that they found drugs in one of the vehicles, which formed the basis for the MDMA trafficking charge. Kapri pleaded not guilty on May 7 and requested a jury trial.
A defense strategy built around claims of purposefulness
Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida for drug trafficking.
On Wednesday (May 6), Yak was booked in Orange County, Florida, according to police records obtained by XXL. He faces one count of trafficking in MDMA, a synthetic, psychoactive drug containing stimulants and hallucinogens… pic.twitter.com/BIhtWv55uG
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The timeline surrounding both arrests, one related to a November 2025 incident and the other related to an investigation that Cohen said took several months, has contributed to the defense’s broader argument that Kapri has been wrongly targeted by law enforcement. Whether that argument ultimately finds resonance in court will depend on the evidence presented. However, it reflects a pattern that the defense has repeatedly pointed out in Kapri’s legal history.
The judge who set the $75,000 bond in the MDMA case explicitly referred to the weight of that history. Twelve prior felony convictions represents a significant criminal record, and courts often take that background into account when setting bail and handling new charges. Kapri has now been arrested twice in eight days and faces two separate active criminal cases in Florida. While bond conditions apply in the first case, the second arrest currently lists a zero dollar bond upon booking.
Cohen’s comments suggest the defense could try to frame both arrests as part of a broader pattern rather than treating them as isolated incidents. How effective that strategy proves will likely become clearer as both cases move toward future hearings.
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