Rapper Makes Deal on Assault Charges

Grammy-winning rapper Stanley “Flesh-N-Bone” Howse has reached a deal with prosecutors under which he will avoid jail for allegedly beating up a Chatsworth neighbor over complaints of loud music.

In exchange for no-contest pleas to assault and possession of illegal fireworks charges, prosecutors offered to drop terrorist threat and weapons charges against Howse, a founding member of the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and his brother-in-law, Jamar Tarik Cole, according to lawyers for both sides.

They agreed to a sentence of three years on probation, said Alan Baum, Howse’s lawyer. Deputy Dist. Atty. Robert Foltz confirmed the deal but would not comment on the sentence, saying that was “up to the court.” Howse and Cole are expected to enter pleas Friday in San Fernando Superior Court.