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TBR –According to the latest reports, Reverend Marvin Winans, who was recently assaulted and carjacked, should NOT have been driving when he was carjacked last week … because his license was suspended.  According to the Detroit News, Winans is a wanted man — with an active warrant out for his arrest. 

The state suspended his license most recently on May 9 after he didn’t pay two tickets issued in December in Hazel Park, Michigan Secretary of State records show. One was for previously driving on a suspended license; the other was for impeding traffic.

The gospel singer didn’t show at a March hearing in 43rd District Court in Hazel Park on the two tickets and a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to a court official.

 

However according to his spokesperson, Winans likely didn’t know about the issues because his staffers generally handle those personal matters, that from, Erma Byrd, Thursday morning. She also said, that the notices weren’t received because he had changed addresses, and staffers recently discovered the unpaid tickets before the carjacking.

 

“The issue is being addressed,” Byrd said. “A lot of that is handled by his administrative team, not by him.”

 

Winans released a statement Thursday afternoon that stated:

 

“The traffic issues listed in driver’s record that was recently released was in the process of being handled prior to the Wednesday, May 16 incident. The proof of payment and formal letter addressing the issue was submitted. I was not aware of any suspension of license due to change of address. All day-to-day correspondences are facilitated by my administrative staff. If something was a matter of great urgency they would have brought it to my attention.

After missing his court date, a judge issued a warrant for Marvin’s arrest on March 15 — one day before Winans was carjacked at a Detroit gas station.

Courtesy of www.thebellereport.net    www.twitter.com/thebellereport