Comedian Carlos Mencia, best known for Comedy Central’s early-2000s series “Mind of Mencia,” is arrested in Los Angeles and faces alleged felony tax violations, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office and reporting from Deadline. The district attorney announces that Mencia is taken into custody Thursday morning and is suspected of multiple felony counts related to tax evasion. Deadline reports that prosecutors charge him with a dozen counts of felony state tax evasion. Prosecutors allege that Mencia failed to report substantial personal and corporate income, amounting to $8.7 million, across tax years 2019 through 2024. Deadline also states that prosecutors say he owes California more than $300,000. The reports describe the arrest as occurring in Los Angeles County and frame it as a state tax matter involving alleged underreporting over several years. The information presented is based on the district attorney’s announcement and prosecutors’ filings; the allegations have not been determined in court.