This was the second time in nine weeks that Sigel had been found in contempt. The first time he owed more than $27,000 in back support for two children. When the judge sentenced him to a year in prison, Sigel came across with the cash—every last nickel—and his attorney promised he'd start making payments on time.

This time around Sigel was just $900 in arrears on one child, and having learned his lesson from the previous hugely embarrassing hearing, the rapper came up with a check for $1,100 before this proceeding even started.

That's right—he's got $200 credit now.

Just the same, Judge Leonard Ivanoski hit him with a $1,000 fine for civil contempt for failing to make his payments in a timely fashion, and added that no one "has to be a member of MENSA" to understand their support obligations.

But the real intrigue occurred before we prying reporters were admitted into the courtroom.

Both prosecutor Maria McLaughlin and defense attorney Walt McHugh made reference to earlier "motions," one of which seemed to revolve around the subject of paternity.

At one point McLaughin stated the rapper had numerous opportunities in the past to "dispute his support obligation."

After the hearing ended, Sigel quickly exited the room, refusing to answer any questions.

McLaughlin refused to confirm that the child's paternity was in dispute because "family court protects a child's privacy," though she did say the child was between 5 and 6 years old, and that to her knowledge Sigel spends "tons" of time with the child.

Maybe someday we'll understand the inner workings of Beanie's complicated lifestyle. But for now, know this: For the first time in about three years, Beanie Sigel has no open court cases.

For the first time in a long time, his future lies squarely in front of him. So ... will he live it up? Or fuck it up?

In a suitably unusual proceeding, Sigel and his attorney Fred Perri stipulated to all the evidence that would've been presented—like, say, Mathis' broken eye socket. Judge Marsha Neifield then convicted him and sentenced him to two years probation.

So let's tally this up: That's two years probation with the commonwealth. Plus the two years probation he was already serving in a federal gun possession case.

Add those together and you get double-secret triple-skippy hip-hop probation! Or is it ... double-secret tiny-cell-phone big-Bentley probation!

Whatever. Sigel's day isn't over yet—and neither is ours. Next up: The big man is going to court at 1 p.m. in a civil contempt case for failure to pay child support.

Close followers of Mr. Sigel's travails may remember that just nine weeks ago he dealt with the same charge on a day that will live in infamy. Check out "Beanie! Say It Ain't So!" for all the ignoble details.

They have also announced the murder is considered drug-related, but not Beanie Sigel-related.

It's been a bad week for Wallace Moody.

The 39-year-old North Philadelphia man was abducted early Wednesday morning, beaten severely (Moody Statement Obtained by PW) and then released by his captors last night.

Now he's in jail. How'd that happen?

Around 3:15 p.m. today Moody was driven up to his home in the 6700 block of N. Third St. in the company of three city detectives and a state parole officer.

In a bizarre little tableau, the badly bruised Moody tried for 15 minutes to help officers get into his house.

By all appearances, it seemed as if Moody's locks had been changed.

At any rate, Moody and city detectives eventually removed a window screen and sent a little girl scooting through the opening to unlock a door from the inside.

Maybe 20 minutes later a detective emerged bearing three bags of evidence. And about 20 minutes after that? Wallace Moody himself was escorted out in cuffs and taken into custody on an apparent parole violation from a previous drug charge.

Detectives on the scene declined to answer questions.

Police public affairs would only confirm Moody was arrested.

Police are still searching for a link between Moody's abduction and the slaying the night before of Beanie Sigel's stepfather Sam Derry.

Moody was a co-defendant of Derry's brother Kent in a 1999 drug dealing arrest.

A high-ranking police official suggested to PW that with Moody in custody officers will enjoy greater leverage in their discussions with him.

In Moody's statement to police last night he gave no indication there was any link between himself, Sam Derry or the rapper Beanie Sigel, whom he said he knew "just from his music."

Abduction victim Wallace Moody was arrested yesterday on a parole violation stemming from a past drug charge.

Sam Derry (left) and wife Michelle (right) sharing a peaceful moment last year.

(Moody emerged from NW Detectives last night around 1:30 a.m.)

Wallace Moody turned up at Einstein Medical Center late last night, and PW obtained a copy of the statement he gave police.

According to the interview record, Moody says he left for work at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning when a pair of vehicles boxed his Taurus in.

Two men emerged from the car that drove right up to his bumper. Two more men emerged from a truck behind his car.

They hollered, “Police! Police! Don’t move!” The four men wore bandannas over their faces and put a black thermal hood over Moody’s head.

They drove and made him get out and enter what he believed to be the basement of a house. He could hear a garage door open from time to time while he was there.

“The whole time I was there they just beat on me,” reads Moody’s statement. “They burned me and put a drill through my sneaker.”

The men told Moody they heard he was dealing drugs again and kept asking for money and narcotics. “I told them I wasn’t in the game anymore,” said Moody. “They kept telling me that I better make some calls.”

Moody swore to the men that he’d gone legit, working steadily since 2003.

He told investigators his captors burned him with a torch, pistol-whipped him and beat him with a shovel.

He also said he called his wife, but they didn’t have money or anything to give them.

The men then took Moody back to the truck and drove around for a while. “They kicked me loose and told me it was my lucky day,” Moody told police.

Moody said he was released somewhere near Central High School at 1700 W. Olney. He then walked to Einstein Medical Center for treatment.

His statement supplies almost no information about the vehicles used in his abduction and even less about the men involved. He told police his abductors referred to each other as “cousin” the entire time he was there.

Moody was asked how he recognized the individual items he was tortured with, but never saw any of the males. “They had all kind of stuff in my mouth and over my face,” Moody told investigators.

He said he knew of Sam Derry through his brother Kent Derry, with whom he was arrested on a drug case in 1999.

He also said he knew Beanie Sigel “just from the radio.”

When Moody left Northwest Detectives last night, his hands were bandaged and his left eye was black.

Philadelphia Weekly learned that Wallace Moody turned up tonight at Einstein Hospital, in the 5600 block of North Broad Street.

Moody has burns on both hands and a bruised left eye.

Investigators believe Moody's abduction is related to the murder of Beanie Sigel's stepfather Sam Derry.

This statement was released earlier this afternoon.

"We are shocked and saddened by this horrible tragedy. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest condolences are with Dwight Grant (Beanie Sigel), his mother Michelle Brown-Derry and their wonderful family. We ask that the public, and especially the media, respect the privacy of the family during this time of mourning."

—Shawn Carter, Antonio Reid, Steve Bartels and the entire Island Def Jam Music Group family

(Homicide inspector Jim Boyle addressed the media with the facts Philly cops can share right now.)

A more detailed picture of the day's events emerged from this afternoon's press conference: Sam Derry's car was discovered today in the 1200 block of Sydney Street, approximately a half-mile from where his body was discovered in the 8100 block of Forrest Avenue on Tuesday morning.

Police believe he was killed elsewhere, by gunshot, and his body moved to the alleyway where it was discovered. Boyle refused to speculate on why the killer(s) set Derry's body on fire.

After the press conference, Boyle said Sigel's family last saw Derry on the night of his murder. He declined to give a specific time.

Northwest Detectives Capt. Mark Everitt spoke next, telling reporters Wallace Moody was abducted off the street in front of his home shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday morning.

He said two African-American males drove up in dark-colored vehicles, emerged with guns and spirited Moody away in one of their cars.

Police are of course interested in any information anyone can provide on Moody's whereabouts.

All was quiet at Sam Derry's home in the 2200 block of Mifflin Street.

Mourners went in and out, carrying trays of food and boxes of soda. There was no sign of Sigel himself, and people standing on the porch there seemed relieved when the media packed it in and went home.