Ed Lover Arrested on Assault Charges!

NEW YORK, NY (12.17.05) -- Ed Lover, hip-hop radio personality from Power 105.1 in New York, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with two counts of third-degree assault, one count of attempted assault and one count of second-degree harassment following an incident early Sunday morning in a New York Chelsea nightclub.

42 year old Lover, (real name James Roberts), is accused of punching a Letitia Belford, a 26-year-old woman in the left cheek , at Duvet early Sunday. The blow left the victim with a mild concussion and a gash requiring 20 stitches.

According to police records, Lover, who works the afternoon shift on New York's Power 105.1, turned himself over to the authorities with attorney Michael Berger by his side. Lover was arraigned later that afternoon and released on $1,000 bail. Lover is due in court on March 23. According to court documents, Lover — a former Yo! MTV Raps host and occasional actor — was at club Duvet with a group of friends when the victim bumped into one of his female companions.

The two women started fighting and one of the club's bouncers intervened. Lover allegedly worked his way around the bouncer and punched the victim in the face. Police had been looking to question Lover about the incident for most of the week. Belford's attorney, Andrew Laskin, complained that workers at the trendy W. 21st St. club gushed over Lover while his client gushed blood. "The club was much more concerned about him," he said. "They didn't try to stop him. They didn't hold him. They didn't call 911."


-Rueters