USHER is Fast and Furious?

Fine, community service ordered for speedy star Usher

By RICHARD L. ELDREDGE
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 01/17/2007

Gov. Sonny Perdue may have found an A-list celebrity spokesman for his new statewide crackdown on lead-foots: Alpharetta pop star Usher.
The singer and actor was found guilty of speeding Tuesday in a Bartow County courtroom. The charges stem from a July 4 incident when the singer was pulled over on I-75 in Bartow for traveling 103 miles per hour in a 70-mile-an-hour zone. Appearing before Probate Court Judge Mitchell Scoggins, the performer was fined $425 and given 20 hours of community service that he can perform closer to home in north Fulton.

On Wednesday, a representative for Scoggins told Buzz that the singer caused a bit of a stir when the MTV fixture turned up for his day in court. Even after the ruling, Usher, described as "one of the nicest people we've ever had in here," spent 30 minutes signing autographs for fans inside the courthouse.
County reps, meanwhile, denied reports that had initially surfaced Wednesday morning on Q100 that Scoggins had suspended the singer's license for six months. Buzz learned that no suspension of Usher's driving privileges occurred.
Court officials declined to release a copy of the original July 4 ticket to the press Wednesday because it contained personal information about the singer.
The singer's mother and manager Jonnetta Patton was unavailable for comment Wednesday. The singer's publicist, Simone Smalls at Susan Blond Inc. in New York, did not immediately return a call and an e-mail seeking comment.

*now I don't know how the hell this made the front news on the AJC.COM its not that damn serious so what he was speeding, but Usher boo I will tell you that fine was only that high cause of who you were trust me I know first hand *