ATLANTA ( Atlanta News First /Gray News) - Akon, the five-time Grammy-nominated singer who rose to prominence in the early 2000s with his song “Locked Up,” was arrested last week near Atlanta in the city of Chamblee.

Akon’s arrest stemmed from a Sept. 10 incident when he was cited by police in Roswell, Georgia, for allegedly driving on a suspended license and driving without proof of insurance.

The Roswell police report said Akon’s Tesla Cybertruck was stranded at the intersection of Holcomb Bridge Road and Market Boulevard.

According to Chamblee officials, Akon was arrested at around 11 a.m. on Nov. 7 when a Flock camera alerted police that a vehicle registered to someone with a bench warrant arrest was at Tint World, a local business on Chamblee Dunwoody Road.

When police arrived,

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