{"id":413574,"date":"2026-08-22T05:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T05:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:26:19","slug":"bigxthaplug-arrested-and-booked-into-collin-county-jail-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413574\/","title":{"rendered":"BigXthaPlug arrested and booked into Collin County Jail \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas rapper Xavier Landum, known professionally as BigXthaPlug, was arrested on Friday and booked into Collin County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Landum was arrested by the Allen Police Department and charged with driving while intoxicated and possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, both of which are Class B misdemeanors, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm, a Class A misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Other details surrounding Landum&#8217;s arrest are not available at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bigx-arrest.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAllen Police DepartmentAllen Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Landum was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/dallas-rapper-bigxthaplug-arrested-friday\/3908358\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously arrested in Pleasant Grove in August 2025<\/a> and charged with possession of less than two ounces of marijuana and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>He was also arrested in February 2025 in Arlington for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>BigX first gained national recognition for his 2022 hit &#8220;Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, country star Shaboozey and BigXThaPlug brought rush-hour traffic to a standstill while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/margaret-hunt-hill-bridge-special-event-closure\/3866082\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filming a music video on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-design-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Check back and refresh this page for the latest updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas rapper Xavier Landum, known professionally as BigXthaPlug, was arrested on Friday and booked into Collin County Jail.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[960,102,104,103],"class_list":["post-413574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-collin-county","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}