By Alicia Cruz Staff writer theblackurbantimes.com
Rapper Akon pled guilty in Fishkill Town Court to harassment after he tossed a fan, a 15 year-old boy, off stage at a at a concert near Poughkeepsie in June of 2007. The ATL based rapper will serve no jail time provided that he stay out of trouble, perform 65 hours of community service and pay a $250 fine. A concertgoer sought damages after she suffered a concussion when the teenager fell on her. The whole sordid ordeal was captured on camera then feed to cyberspace for all to see. Photo (left) Mike Rice Associated PressPhoto/E! Online – Akon Cops Plea for Fan Toss(E! Online) 
This isn't Akon's first brush with the law. In April 2007, he got the boot at Gwen Stefani's concert for groping another fifteen year old (female) in Trinidad. We later learned that the fan was not 18 years-old and had snuck into the concert. READ STORY: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8276/title.akon-changes-plea-in-stage-throwing-incident-case
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