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\n\tJoe Budden<\/a> has been charged with lewdness in New Jersey, according to the Edgewater Police Department. <\/p>\n \n\tThe EPD released a statement<\/a> on Monday (Dec. 30) confirming law enforcement was dispatched to an apartment complex in Edgewater on Dec. 4 for a report claiming a man was standing naked outside a residence around 7:21 a.m. ET<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the release, the person who called police had been alerted to a man at their door by the doorbell camera, and the caller recognized the man as 44-year-old neighbor Budden. The clip showed Budden attempting to enter numbers onto the keypad multiple times before heading back to his residence across the hall.<\/p>\n \n\tBudden was charged with lewdness, a disorderly persons offense, on a complaint summons. He\u2019s due back in court on Jan. 16 at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThese charges are merely accusations,\u201d chief of police Donald A. Martin noted in the press release. \u201cThe defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBillboard <\/em>has reached out to Joe Budden\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tThe \u201cPump It Up\u201d rapper d<\/a>e<\/a>t<\/a>a<\/a>i<\/a>l<\/a>e<\/a>d<\/a> his absence<\/a> from his eponymous podcast and the incident earlier this month. \u201cI just sleptwalked somewhere I shouldn\u2019t have sleptwalked,\u201d he told his co-hosts. \u201cYou know how I sleep \u2014 butta\u2013. Nice nakeda\u2013. Good naked sleepwalking. I just did it again.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBudden continued to explain to his puzzled co-hosts: \u201cNobody could go through this stuff but me. It\u2019s only me. So you gotta deal with what comes with that. You would\u2019ve never guessed it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNo need for think pieces guys, I\u2019m dealing with a personal family matter, pls allow me to do so personally,\u201d Budden tweeted<\/a> on Dec. 10. \u201cSuper grateful to each member of the crew for holding it down in my absence, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n