(La Porte County, IN) - Charges have been filed against a man who rapped his way to the La Porte County Jail.  Darvell Cheers, 22, of Chicago was pulled over November 10 on the Indiana Toll Road outside La Porte for speeding in a road construction zone.

Court documents revealed that an Indiana State Police officer recovered a plastic bag of marijuana from the vehicle along with other items such as a glass bong.

Police said Cheers was also found with an expired vehicle registration and driver’s license.  While being transported to the La Porte County Jail, they said Cheers started rapping.  After denied permission to use his cell phone, Cheers attempted to make a call anyway using the voiced activated SIRI program in the device.

According to the the court documents, Cheers was taken to the ground when he began resisting the officer while at the jail.  He was held on the ground until jail officers arrived to bring him under control.  The arresting officer suffered a broken finger nail which was bleeding along with pain to both of his hands as a result of the encounter.