Erica Banks acquired caught at ATL airport with a scorching gun in her bag, and now she’s acquired a courtroom date and an entire felony cost to cope with.

Erica Banks, greatest identified for her viral hit “Bust It,” acquired busted at Atlanta’s airport attempting to slip by means of TSA with a stolen gun in her bag.

The rapper, who stars on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, was stopped on Wednesday (August 6) at Hartsfield-Jackson after safety discovered a loaded pistol in her carry-on purse.

Cops ran the serial quantity and growth—it got here again scorching. Turns out that gun was reported stolen again in 2018 out of Greenville, South Carolina.

Banks, whose actual identify is Erica Scharmane Breaux, advised officers she didn’t even know the gun was in her bag and claimed it belonged to somebody on her safety crew.

When requested who? She saved it zipped and didn’t drop any names.

She acquired hauled off to Clayton County Jail and booked on a felony cost of theft by receiving stolen property. Just a few hours later, she was out.

Her authorized group is already attempting to get in entrance of it, saying she’s not the one in charge.

“It is our contention that when she was caught with this weapon, she had no idea it was stolen,” Erica Banks’ lawyer Jackie Patterson said. “So she is not guilty of any offense. And once we get to court on this case, my job is to make sure this never becomes a part of her criminal history and to have these charges dismissed.”

As of August 7, neither Banks nor her group has dropped an announcement or cleared the air publicly.

She’s anticipated to point out up in courtroom quickly to type all of it out.

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