MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — A rapper and St. Louis icon was arrested Wednesday morning in St.
Louis County, according to officials. Nelly, whose birth name is Cornell Haynes II, was arrested around 5 a.m.
by the Missouri State Highway Patrol , Gaming Division at the Hollywood Casino on a failure to appear warrant from 2018 out of Maryland Heights. According to online arrest records , the 49-year-old was also in possession of four ecstasy pills, a controlled substance, and was without insurance. The Maryland Heights Police Department told 5 On Your Side they received Haynes from MSHP and arrested him for the warrant.
Police confirmed he was released from custody. Credit: Maryland Heights Police Department.