FBI raids rapper Mally Malls Las Vegas home, business
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The FBI served a search warrant at the home of rapper Mally Mall in southeast Las Vegas on Monday morning. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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FBI agents investigate while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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FBI agents investigate while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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The FBI served a search warrantat the home of rapper Mally Mall in southeast Las Vegas on Monday morning. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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An FBI vehicle leaves the scene as agents investigate while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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An FBI agent holds an assault rifle as an investigation goes on while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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FBI agents investigate while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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FBI agents investigate while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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FBI agents investigate while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Neighborhood resident Myrna Cameron questions an unidentified FBI official as the FBI investigates while serving a federal search warrant at a home at 4311 E. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. The FBI did not give any other details other than that no arrests have yet been made and that the investigation is ongoing. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By JEFF GERMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
FBI agents Monday morning raided the Las Vegas Valley home and escort service of rapper Mally Mall in an investigation into human trafficking.
Agents assigned to the FBIs public corruption squad, which also investigates civil rights violations, executed search warrants at Malls 4311 E. Oquendo Road home and his escort service, Las Vegas Concierge, at 6207 Dean Martin Dr.
Malls southeast valley home is listed under the name of Jamal Rashid, according to county records.
Joseph Dickey, the supervisor of the public corruption squad, declined to provide details of the investigation.
No arrests were made in the investigation, which is thought to be in its early stages.
Mall, who also is a hip hop producer, has associated with a number of music stars, including Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown and Drake.
He currently stars in the cable reality series Love and Hip Hop Hollywood.
Mall is known to be a lover of exotic animals. Three years ago, he got into a spat with his neighbors over his push to keep two serval cats and a Capuchin monkey at his home.
Mall once gave an exotic cat to Justin Bieber.
Clark County animal control officers were called to Malls home Monday to assist during the raid but did not remove any animals, county spokesman Dan Kulin said.
Malls neighborhood, near the intersection of Russell Road and Mountain Vista Street, buzzed with excitement Monday. Four women traded stories and gossip outside the rappers posh ranch-style house.
The neighbors said they heard a police helicopter hovering shortly before 5 a.m. Moments later, they were startled to hear an explosion that sounded like a police flash bang grenade, they said.
One neighbor watched as an FBI armored vehicle pushed open the gate to Malls home, she said. When police raided the home years earlier their armored car tore off the gate doors, said another woman.
Maybe they were being nicer this time, the neighbor said.
The police helicopter landed in Malls yard a short time later. The neighbors watched as agents brought two large bags from the home, but they werent sure agents were carrying evidence against Mall or their own equipment.
None of the women were overly concerned about the allegations against their longtime neighbor, they said, but they still didnt want to put their names in the paper for fear of offending him.
We want our kids to be safe, said one woman.
Plausible deniability, said another.
One woman said she recently took her daughter to Malls home to see his collection of exotic animals, which included a capuchin monkey, two bobcats, a python and a serval, a medium-size African cat.
Mall wasnt home, but one of his employees showed them around. Mall rarely stays in Las Vegas, said the neighbors, although he keeps a surveillance team in the area.
Malls head of security, Don, often waves hello as he patrols in his golf cart, said one woman.
Dons really nice, she said.
Records show Mall has a number of companies registered with the Nevada Secretary of State, including Mally Mall Music and Blue Magic Music.