Pop star Justin Bieber didn't look especially concerned after his arrest by Miami Beach police. (Police photo)
By Terry Fredrickson
Pop star Justin Bieber's image took another hit Thursday after Miami Beach police caught him drag racing – allegedly after drinking and smoking marijuana.
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Bad boy Bieber arrested in Miami
Justin Bieber (R) exits from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on January 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach police found the pop star street racing Thursday morning. Joe Raedle/AFP
Pop star Justin Bieber was charged with driving under the influence after police caught him drag racing in Miami Beach early Thursday – allegedly after drinking and smoking marijuana
The arrest was the latest in a string of problems that have tarnished the image of the 19-year-old Canadian singer.
Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez told reporters that Bieber was incoherent at the time of his arrest and was unable to produce a valid driver's license
Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit Bieber appeared in a Florida courtroom several hours later, where a judge ordered him held on $2,500 bond
He left jail a short time later, waving to fans while sitting atop his sport utility vehicle (SUV).
Beyond the DUI charge he also faces charges of resisting arrest and driving with an expired license
Police released two mug shots of Bieber – he is smiling and slightly bleary-eyed in one, more serious in the other – as well as video footage of the arrest
A police report revealed that the teenager failed a sobriety test. An "odor of alcohol" was detected on Bieber's breath he had "bloodshot eyes" and made "slow deliberate movements," the report said.
Authorities said Bieber also was uncooperative and verbally abusive during his arrest hurling obscenities at police, and initially refusing to exit his vehicle.
News reports said Bieber admitted to police that he had consumed alcohol, taken prescription medications and smoked marijuana
Justin Bieber waves to his fans after exiting from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Joe Raedle/AFP
Miami Beach police said they also arrested Bieber's friend, the rapper Khalil Amir Sharieff, and charged him with driving under the influence
Sharieff reportedly had been driving a red Ferrari while racing against Bieber's yellow Lamborghini.
The pop star's crew reportedly blocked off the road with their SUVs to create an improvised drag strip
The drag racing incident is just the latest in a series of recent negative headlines for Bieber, who has sold more than 12 million albums since emerging on the music scene in 2009 as a schoolboy sensation
Just last week, police searched Bieber's Los Angeles mansion over an egg-throwing attack, seized illegal drugs and arrested one of the singer's associates
The Canadian teen idol was accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage to a neighbor's house after pelting it with eggs. AFP
Vocabulary
abusive: using offensive or insulting language - ซึ่งหมิ่นประมาท, ซึ่งดูถูก
admit: to agree that something is true, especially when you are unhappy, sorry or surprised about it - ยอมรับ
allegedly: claimed to have done something wrong, but not yet proven - ที่ถูกกล่าวหา
appear: to go to a place and be seen there - ปรากฏตัว
arrest: (of the police) taking someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - การจับกุม
associate: someone you work with, especially in a business - ผู้ที่มีความสัมพันธ์กัน (เช่น เพื่อน, ผู้ร่วมงาน, หุ้นส่วน)
authority: a person who has the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
bleary-eyed: not able to see clearly, especially because you are tired - ซึ่งตาพร่ามัวและเหนื่อยล้า
block: to stop someone/ something from moving through or along something else - ปิดกั้น, กีดขวาง
bloodshot: with the part that is usually white full of red lines because of lack of sleep, etc. - ตาแดงก่ำเพราะเส้นเลือดฝอยแตก
bond: a sum of money that is paid as bail allowing temporary release from jail before a court trial - การค้ำประกัน
breath: an amount of air that enters the lungs at one time; the air that you take into your lungs and send out again - ลมหายใจ
charge: to accuse someone officially of committing a crime - ตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
concerned: worried about something - มีความกังวล
consume: to eat, drink or use something - บริโภค
correctional centre: a jail; a placed concerned with improving the behaviour of criminals, usually by punishing them - เรือนจำ
deliberate: done slowly and carefully - ทำอย่างช้าๆและระมัดระวัง
detect: to find or prove that something is present using scientific methods - พบ
drag racing: racing between specially adapted cars over a short distance -
drag strip: a place for street racing over short distances, a stretch of straight road using for car/motorcycle racing -
drunken: showing the effects of too much alcohol; involving people who are drunk - ซึ่งมึนเมา, ซึ่งดื่มเหล้ามากเกินไป
DUI: the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol or a drug -
emerge: to become known - เป็นที่ประจักษ์ต่อ
exit: to leave - ออกจาก
expiry: the time that something is finished and expires so cannot be used anymore - การหายใจออก,การหมดอายุ,การยุติ,การตาย, วันหมดอายุ
footage: film or video of a particular subject or event - ฟิลม์หรือคลิปภาพยนตร์ หรือวิดีโอ
headline: the title of a newspaper story that is printed in large letters - ข่าวพาดหัว
hurl: to throw something using a lot of force - เขวี้ยง ขว้างปา
idol: a person or thing that is loved and admired very much - คนหรือสิ่งที่ได้รับความชื่นชมหรือคลั่งไคล้อย่างมาก
illegal: against the law - ผิดกฎหมาย, นอกกฎหมาย
image: an opinion that people have about someone or something - ภาพลักษณ์
improvised: invented or made using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need; made at the time when it is needed without already having planned it - กระทำหรือประพันธ์อย่างไม่ได้มีการตระเตรียมมาก่อน หรืออย่างทันทีทันควัน
incident: something that happens, usually something bad - เหตุการณ์
incoherent: unable to express yourself clearly, not clear and hard to understand - พูดไม่ปะติดปะต่อ, ขาดลำดับ, ไม่เกาะติดกัน
initially: at first - ในเบื้องต้น
jumpsuit: a piece of clothing that consists of trousers/pants and a jacket or shirt sewn together in one piece - ชุดที่เสื้อและกางเกงเย็บติดเป็นชิ้นเดียวกัน
license: an official document that gives someone permission to do or use something - ใบอนุญาต
mansion: a large house, especially a beautiful one - คฤหาสน์
marijuana: a drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, which gives the person smoking it a feeling of being relaxed - กัญชา, ต้นกัญชา
mug shot: a photograph of someone's face, taken by the police for their records -
negative: bad - ที่เป็นด้านลบ
obscenity: language or actions connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive - ความลามก
odor: smell - กลิ่น
pelt: to throw objects with force at someone or something - ขว้างปาสิ่งของใส่
prescription medication: medication that has been ordered for you by a medical doctor - ยาที่ต้องได้การสั่งจากแพทย์เท่านั้น
refuse: to say or show that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do - ปฏิเสธ
release: to allow something to be shown or known to the public or to be available for use - เปิดเผย, ปล่อยข่าว
reportedly: as reported (often used for showing that you are not certain that something you are reporting is true) - ตามที่รายงาน
reporter: someone whose job is to write articles or make broadcasts about events in the news - ผู้สื่อข่าว, นักข่าว
resist: to oppose or fight against someone or something - ต้านทาน, ต้าน, ขัดขวาง,
reveal: to show or let something become known - เปิดเผย
search: to look somewhere carefully in order to find someone/something - ค้นหา
seize: to take something using official power - ยึด
sensation: something/someone very exciting or interesting, or something which causes great excitement or interest - ผู้ที่ทำให้เกิดความฮือฮา, ความตื่นเต้น
series: several events or things of a similar kind that happen one after the other - สิ่งที่ต่อเนื่องกัน, อนุกรม, ลำดับ
sobriety: the state of being sober (= not being drunk) - ความไม่เมา, การงดเครื่องดื่มอัลกอฮอล์หรือยา, ความมีสติ
string: a series of similar or connected events that happen one after the other - การเรียงต่อเนื่องของเหตุการณ์หรือสิ่งต่างๆ
tarnish: to spoil; to make people have a worse opinion of you than they did before - ทำให้เสื่อมเสีย
uncooperative: not willing to be helpful to other people or do what they ask - ไม่ให้ความร่วมมือ
under the influence: being affected by alcohol, a drug, etc. - อยู่ในสภาพมึน
valid: legally accepted or in force - ถูกต้องตามกฎหมาย, อย่างมีเหตุผล
verbally: using words - ทางคำพูด
