Jay Z Not to Press Charges

Almost a month after police confiscated a collection of stolen Jay Z master recordings, TMZ reports that Jay Z’s camp will not press criminal extortion charges against engineer Chauncey Mahan.

Remember in April, reports of Chauncey allegedly stealing and holding for ransom the recordings, which date back to 2002, surfaced.

Now that Jay’s camp will not pursue charges, law enforcement tells TMZ that they’ll close investigation and continue to hold on the recordings until a civil judge steps in.

Shortly after reports surfaced, Just Blaze took to Twitter to speak on Chauncey: “Chauncey stayed effing up. Big part of the reason Hip & I brought in Guru… I’ll never forget the day Chaunce stepped to Duro wanting to fight lol. This guy ruined every tape transfer for the Dynasty Album.”