Rap artist Cassidy is back behind bars, arrested on charges of violating his probation stemming from a 2005 Philadelphia manslaughter conviction, police said.
The rapper, originally from Cedarbrook and whose real name is Barry Reese, was arrested Saturday outside a convenience store in Hackensack, accused of failing to report to his Philadelphia probation officer, police said.
In 2005, Cassidy was charged with the murder of Desmond Hawkins, 22, and the attempted murder of two other men during a shoot-out in an alley behind the rapper's home on the 7800 block of Bayard Street.
