Whew! It looks like Fetty Wap will be doing some time in the slammer after pleading guilty to drug charges this Monday.
The rap star appeared in court this morning where he pled guilty to one count of intent to distribute controlled substances including cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl for his arrest back in October, TMZ reports. It was said that his two co-defendants, Robert Leonardi and Anthony Cyntje also pleaded guilty to the same count, on top of firearms charges.
The entertainer now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, according to a rep for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. It was said that Fetty is currently in custody.
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This all stems from his 2021 arrest. As first reported by @theneighborhoodtalk, Fetty Wap was arrested in New York as he was arriving for the Rolling Loud Music Festival. Full details weren’t available at the time. However, TMZ notes that when feds apprehended him and his co-defendants, they were accused of using USPS trucks to smuggle drugs. Over the course of their investigation, feds say they uncovered $1.5 million in cash, 16 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, fentanyl pills, and several guns!
“As alleged, the defendants transported, distributed, and sold more than 100 kilograms of deadly and addictive drugs, including heroin and fentanyl, on Long Island, deliberately contributing to the opioid epidemic that has devastated our communities and taken too many lives,” Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement.
Maxwell initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, and several days after his arrest, he was released on a $500,000 secured bond. At the end of November 2021, he had agreed to a two-month delay in his case amid “plea negotiations.”
Now, aside from this, Fetty also has another case pending, per TMZ, for allegedly making death threats during a December 2021 Facetime call.
The rapper was rearrested two weeks ago for allegedly violating the conditions of his pretrial release, prosecutors said. They said he issued a threat to kill someone while waving around a gun. At a federal court hearing Aug. 8 on Long Island, a judge revoked Maxwell’s $500,000 bond at the request of prosecutors.
“During this video, the defendant is shown holding a gun and pointing it toward the defendant,” the arrest affidavit stated. “The defendant then says to John Doe, ‘Imma kill you and everybody you with,’ which he then repeats one more time,” The video-recording of the FaceTime call was eventually reviewed by investigators, where Maxwell is accused of making those threats.