A 63-year-old man was arrested for smashing his car into Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s East Hamptons residence earlier this week.
Us Weekly obtained a police report regarding an incident where Bronx resident Keith Webster was accused of driving his Subaru into a security gate on Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Georgica Pond property on Wednesday, July 15. Webster was later charged with second degree criminal mischief and third degree criminal trespass.
Detective Sgt. Jennifer Dunn, of the East Hampton police, told The East Hampton Star by phone on Friday, July 17, that the matter is currently under investigation.
“This could be a health issue but we have to treat it as a crime until proven otherwise,” the detective clarified.
Per a police report, a security guard observed Webster’s Subaru “driving at a high rate of speed up the driveway” towards a security gate. The subsequent collision reportedly caused “significant damage” to Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s checkpoint because Webster did not “stop at the closed mechanical driveway gates.” (It is not clear whether the couple were home during the incident.)
Webster initially remained in his vehicle following the crash but eventually complied with requests to exit. By the time police arrived, Webster was reportedly restrained and sitting in front of his vehicle.
“He wasn’t making threats. He seemed confused,” Detective Sgt. Dunn clarified.
Webster complained of pain and was thus transferred to the nearby Stony Brook East Hampton Emergency Department. He was later released in order to be arraigned, with police choosing to impound his vehicle for now.
Police were able to trace Webster’s previous travels using a license plate reader camera network. According to police, Webster initially stopped at another home in the East Hamptons area though he left without issue when he was turned away.
Detective Sgt. Jones told Page Six that Webster had “no criminal history” and there were “no weapons found, no notes found, no direct threats made and no direct mention of residents of the house.”
“He seemed confused at the scene and after the arrest,” the detective explained. “He did not make any threats or mention names of the residents. It could just be chance he picked that house if he was having a medical issue”.
Us Weekly has reached out to Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s representatives for comment.
The incident occurred just three days after Jay-Z wrapped up his three-day concert residency at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Sunday, July 12. The shows celebrated the 30th anniversary of his Reasonable Doubt album and the 25th anniversary of the Blueprint album. The concerts featured a surprise duet with Beyoncé on “Can’t Knock the Hustle” as well as their 14-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter playing piano on “Feelin’ It” alongside Mecca and Alicia Keys.
Other guests featured during the three Yankee Stadium concerts included Eminem, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams and Usher. Beyoncé also played a medley of her hits during Sunday’s final show.
Jay-Z is set to bring the anniversary concert to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on September 4, before headlining at the Stade de France in Paris on September 10 and then coming back to the U.S. on October 23 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
