Island Boys member Franky Venegas shares a mugshot on social media after being arrested for domestic violence
Island Boys member Franky Venegas was arrested this weekend for investigating the battery in Pompano Beach, Florida.
According to an article on Monday by TMZ.
The girlfriend told police they got into a fight by the pool at their Airbnb on Saturday after she threatened to break up with Venegas over his “physical abuse.”
Venegas allegedly punched her in the face and pushed her into the shallow end of the pool, causing the girlfriend to hit her chin on the pool’s concrete floor, according to legal documents.
Police noticed bruises on her chin, legs and arms when they questioned her at a nearby hospital.
Internet personality: Island Boys member Franky Venegas was arrested this weekend for investigating the battery at home in Pompano Beach, Florida, and shared his mugshot online
Venegas was arrested at the Airbnb for investigating the household battery and later released.
He took to social media on Sunday to announce his release, sharing a photo of his mugshot showing his heavily tattooed face.
Venegas wrote in the caption on his Instagram post that his arrest “isn’t what it seems” to his roughly 1.6 million followers.
He added that life is about “peace and prosperity and “locking down 24 hours a day and fighting demons that no one cares about, now they do.”
Venegas was accused of domestic violence in January 2022 by Montaisha Shanell on Instagram Live. Shanell alleged that Venegas regularly beat her with abuse dating back to at least April 2021.
He was also charged with battery in March 2022 after allegedly beating his brother’s girlfriend after she refused to leave their home. No charges were filed.
Venegas and his twin brother Alex, known as Flyysoulja, went viral on social media in 2021 for their a cappella song Island Boys.
The fraternal twins were the subject of a 2021 documentary titled Trolled: The Untold Island Boys Story.
Weekend arrest: The 21-year-old TikTok personality who uses Kodiyakredd on the social media app was taken into custody after his girlfriend told police he beat her and pushed her into the pool, according to an article on Monday by TMZ ( recently shown on Instagram)
Fraternal twins: Franky and fraternal twin Alex, who were featured on Instagram in April, went viral on social media in 2021 for their a cappella song Island Boys
A home rented by the Island Boys was raided in February 2022 when police arrested Andrew Thomas of West Palm Beach, who was accused of killing an eight-year-old girl in a stray bullet shooting in Florida.
Thomas Was in the home of the two Florida-based rappers when he was caught three days after the February murder of Ronziyah “Ziyah” Atkins, eight.
Ziyah was playing in the front yard of a house on the 500 block of Southeast First Street in Belle Glade, an hour west of Palm Springs, about 7 p.m. with her cousins and siblings.
According to police, Thomas pulled into a car and opened fire, allegedly seeking another target, authorities said.