Rapper Cassidy was arrested by New Jersey cops Saturday (May 14) for violation of probation and on suspicion of murder.  The Philadelphia Police warrant squad called the Hackensack Police Department on Saturday morning to tell officers there was an open warrant for Hackensack resident Barry Reese, also known as the rapper Cassidy,

Hackensack police Lt. Timothy Lloyd said.  "The warrant was for violating probation, but Reese is also a suspect in a murder and two attempted murders in Philadelphia, Lloyd said. Philadelphia police knew from a prior investigation that the rapper lived in Hackensack."  

 Reese was followed by police to a local convenience store where undercover officers "... moved in and conducted a felony motor vehicle stop."

No one was injured in the arrest, Lloyd said. Reese, 28, will be brought to the Bergen County Jail Annex to await extradition to Philadelphia, Lloyd said.