Honey Boo Boo star Alana Thompson’s boyfriend Dralin Carswell, 21, is ARRESTED for DUI following a police chase whereas the TLC star was within the automobile

Honey Boo Boo star Alana Thompson’s boyfriend Dralin Carswell was arrested on Tuesday in Georgia.

The 21-year-old was taken in for a suspected DUI, which is driving below the affect, in addition to operating from the police and having outstand warrants.

His 17-year-old girlfriend Alana was within the automobile with him when he was chased by the police, it was claimed by TMZ on Thursday.

The daughter of Mama June Shannon was not arrested and was later picked up on the police station by her older sister Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efird, who serves as her guardian.

Carswell – who was reportedly arrested in 2019 – was handcuffed when he was taken into Monroe County after main cops on a 3 mile chase, the location claimed. 

It was additionally claimed that Dralin had marijuana on him on the time of the arrest.

She was there: His 17-year-old girlfriend Alana was within the automobile with him when he was chased by the police, it was claimed by TMZ on Thursday

Monroe County Reporter first broke the story. 

Dralin and Alana had been along with his good friend Julian Malik Divon Williams, who was additionally arrested for excellent warrants. 

Alana and Dralin have been courting for over a yr.

The issue on Tuesday started when police regarded into the tags on Draline’s automobile, a Dodge Charger.

Police came upon that Dralin was the proprietor of the automobile and that he had excellent warrants in Wilkinson County.

Monroe County Lt. John Thompson informed the location that one among his officers tried to drag over Dralin in a ‘visitors cease’ to look into the scenario with the warrants.

However Dralin wouldn’t pull over which led to a police chase.

The chase lasted for about three miles earlier than the police did a ‘pit maneuver,’ the place the cop automobile faucets the entrance of the automobile, making it spin out, the location added.

Dralin was then reportedly arrested for DUI, operating from the police and his excellent warrants.

Longtime pair: Alana and Dralin have now been courting for over a yr and her household has permitted of him regardless of their age distinction

Mugshot look: Right here Dralin is seen in an older mug shot from the Monroe County Sheriff’s workplace

This isn’t the primary time he has been arrested.

Carswell was reportedly arrested and accused of statutory rape in 2019, earlier than starting his relationship with Alana.

Dralin was arrested on Could 29, 2019 and initially charged with statutory rape, in line with police and court docket paperwork obtained by The Sun.

The alleged sufferer was not Alana, and the incident seems to have occurred earlier than they started their relationship, the publication famous. 

The alleged sufferer was introduced into the police division by her mom, who claimed Dralin, then age 18, climbed into her daughter’s window and had intercourse with the minor, then age 15, in line with The Solar, citing the police report. 

The officer wrote within the report that they interviewed the minor.

‘I requested the daughter if it was consensual, and he or she acknowledged “Sure.”‘

The minor additionally knowledgeable the officer that ‘her plan with Carswell was for him to return to the home and whereas there they’d consensual unprotected intercourse in her bed room,’ The Solar reported. 

Police had been then allegedly informed by Dralin that the minor ‘was his girlfriend they usually had talked about him coming to her home… however he didn’t truly go to the home,’ in line with the location. 

Dralin claimed to police that he had been at his good friend’s home all day and evening.

Whereas many have expressed outrage of the pair’s four-year age hole, Alana and Dralin reside in Georgia the place the age of consent is 16; pictured in a photograph posted September 2021 

However, when the chums Dralin claimed he was with had been interviewed by police, two of them knowledgeable investigators they dropped Dralin off on the 15-year-old’s house and picked him up over an hour later, studies The Solar. 

The chums then allegedly knowledgeable police that once they picked him again up, Dralin ‘was scared and informed them to drive quick’ because the minor’s ‘mama had caught him inside the home.’

Initially, Dralin was charged with statutory rape however ‘in the end accomplished a pretrial diversion program that resulted within the dismissal of a declare for making a false assertion to legislation enforcement’, in line with The Solar.

Dralin agreed to finish the phrases of this system in trade for a dismissal throughout a pretrial diversion listening to in June 2021, in line with The Solar. 

In the course of the listening to, the help district lawyer mentioned Dralin ‘was charged with statutory rape, misdemeanor grade’ however ‘primarily based on the proof we did not really feel like we may show the statutory rape however may show making a false assertion,’ in line with The Solar. 

In September 2021, The Solar claimed that she was ‘connected on the hip’ with Carswell

The assistant district lawyer additionally mentioned, ‘That is the primary time Mr. Carswell has been in hassle. He’s right here at this time earlier than the court docket representing himself. So the advice was a pretrial diversion in that scenario.

‘I’ve spoken to the mom of the 15-year-old and he or she’s in settlement with the advice which is Mr. Carswell efficiently full this pretrial standing after which his case will likely be dismissed.

‘The situations are $100 administrative value. He is to eat no alcohol, managed substances or intoxicants not prescribed by a doctor. He is to finish a licensed dependancy analysis and full any suggestions. Undergo drug and alcohol screens at his expense. Carry out 20 hours of group service. He is to haven’t any contact with [the minor] and he is to attend and full the ethical recognition class program by means of JAG probation.’

Dralin fulfilled all the necessities and his case was dismissed on December 13, 2021, The Solar reported. 

Household: Alana, left, was there along with her sister Pumpkin, proper, when their mom Mama June, middle, wed Justin Shroud in late February in Florida

On the time, DailyMail.com reached out to a consultant of the household for remark. 

Alana and Dralin have been courting for over a yr and her household has permitted of him regardless of their age distinction.

Whereas many have expressed outrage of the pair’s four-year age hole, Alana and Dralin reside in Georgia the place the age of consent is 16.

In September 2021, The Solar claimed that she was ‘connected on the hip’ with Carswell.

Previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carswell attended a Nashville technical faculty however now lives close to in Georgia close to Alana and her sister Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon, 22, the location reported.

Began younger: Alana first got here to fame at age six on Toddlers & Tiaras in 2012 and stayed with the present for a yr

The household: Then she was on Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo from 2012 to 2014

Whereas he was ‘quiet at first’ round her family members, a supply informed the outlet that Carswell is ‘like one of many household now’ and is ‘as enjoyable and loopy as the remainder of them.’

‘Dralin and Alana hang around collectively on a regular basis,’ the insider added of the duo, who went Fb official in March 2021.

As Alana saves up for her first automobile, her automobile fanatic beau has generously let her drive his Chevrolet Camaro, which he considers ‘his child.’

In Georgia, 16 is the youngest age an individual may give his or her lawful consent to sexual actions.

In the meantime, Mama June Shannon married Justin Stroud for a second time in late Fenruary.

When Mama misplaced weight: Subsequent got here Mama June: From Not To Scorching which aired from 2017 till 2020. Alana and June in 2018 in NYC

The Mama June: Highway to Redemption star, 43, mentioned I do to Stroud at SpringHill Suites in Panama Metropolis, Florida, WE television mentioned in a press launch.

Shannon’s daughters, Alana and Pumpkin in addition to Jessica ‘Chubbs’ Shannon and Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell in addition to June’s grandchildren Stella, Sylus and Bentley Efird had been all there.

‘This was the primary time the household had all been collectively since 2014,’ mentioned Shannon. ‘So it was actually particular to get married in a spot the place my household and I’ve had so many recollections!’

Alana first got here to fame at age six on Toddlers & Tiaras in 2012 and stayed with the present for a yr. Then she was on Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo from 2012 to 2014. Subsequent got here Mama June: From Not To Scorching which aired from 2017 till 2020.

Alana has additionally appeared on The Masked Singer in 2021.