Rapper 'The Game' turns self in over fight with off-duty officer

[June 09, 2015]  (Reuters) - U.S. rapper "The Game" turned himself in to Los Angeles police on Monday after hitting an off-duty officer during a pickup basketball game earlier this year, a police official said.

Jayceon Terrell Taylor, a native of Compton, California, surrendered around noon over the March 29 incident where he punched the officer during a scrimmage at Hollywood High School, said Los Angeles police spokesman Mike Lopez. He was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, a felony, and released about an hour later after posting $50,000 bail, Lopez said. Lopez said a video purporting to show the incident had been uploaded to the Internet but he did not verify its authenticity. On Monday, Taylor posted a photo to Instagram showing him squatting in front of the Hollywood station of the Los Angeles Police Department with the caption "Waiting on my uber lol". (Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Paul Tait) [© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.] Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.