Pooh Shiesty

2022 - 4 - 20

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison After ... (Variety)

Pooh Shiesty, the Memphis rapper behind "Back in Blood," has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a firearms conspiracy charge.

The rapper was arrested again in June 2021 in connection to a Memorial Day weekend shooting at a strip club in Miami-Dade county. In turn, three other charges against the rapper were dropped, including one that alleged that Williams fired the weapon himself, which would have seen him face a much longer prison term were he found guilty. Williams was first arrested in connection to the shooting in October 2020, though he was shortly released from custody.

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Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison Over 2020 Shooting (Complex)

On Wednesday, 22-year-old Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty—born Lontrell Williams Jr.—received a 63-month prison sentence in his federal firearms case.

He was satisfied with the outcome,” his attorney, Bradford Cohen, told Rolling Stone. “We’re happy with the decision of the court.” He was facing an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the single firearms conspiracy charge. Prosecutors said the illegal transaction took a drastic turn, when Pooh Shiesty and his friends took the items without paying.

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Pooh Shiesty Sentenced To Five Years In Prison (Stereogum)

Williams ended up taking a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to one charge of conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of violent and drug- ...

He had originally been facing up to 97 months in prison. Williams was subsequently arrested in October but soon released from custody. Pooh Shiesty Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

Rapper Pooh Shiesty gets 5 years, 3 months for gun charge (ABC News)

Rapper Pooh Shiesty has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for a gun charge in Florida.

Finally, Williams shot and wounded a security guard after a performance at a Miami strip club in May 2021, prosecutors said. According to court records, the charges related to three separate events. Lontrell Williams Jr., 22, was sentenced Wednesday in Miami federal court, according to court records.

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Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to Five Years in Florida Gun Case: 'We're ... (Rolling Stone)

Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to Five Years in Florida Gun Case: 'We're Happy With the Decision'. “Listen, nobody's happy to go to prison, but he was happy the judge ...

According to prosecutors, the Memphis rapper, whose Back in Blood collaboration with Lil Durk went platinum, allegedly drove the rented McLaren to the hotel the day of the alleged shooting to purchase marijuana, codeine and a pair of high-end athletic sneakers. All over a few hundred-dollar drug deal for personal use, while he was driving a lime green McLaren that he rented from the alleged victim,” he argued in his paperwork. Soon after he earned his high school diploma, Williams started making a name for himself with YouTube and Facebook videos of his rapping. In the memo, Cohen said Williams’ father was incarcerated for much of his client’s formative years. In court filings, he said his client was trying to purchase a minor amount of liquid codeine for personal use from someone he knew. He also disputed the prosecution theory that Williams was involved in a robbery.

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison (TMZ)

Pooh, whose real name is Lontrell Williams, was facing more than 8 years in prison, if prosecutors got their way -- but his attorney, Bradford Cohen, tells TMZ ...

He eventually plead guilty to one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Rapper Pooh Shiesty Gets 63 Months Behind Bars Rapper Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty sentenced to more than 5 years on conspiracy ... (NBC News)

Lontrell Donell Williams Jr., also known by his stage name Pooh Shiesty, has been sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a single ...

The status of that separate case is currently unknown. The rapper was arrested again in June 2021 in connection to a Memorial Day weekend shooting at a strip club in Miami-Dade county. Both shooting victims survived.

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Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Florida Gun ... (Pitchfork)

He was satisfied with the outcome,” defense lawyer Bradford Cohen told Rolling Stone.

Shiesty’s plea deal allowed for a sentence of up to eight years and one month in prison, according to his lawyer. The charges stemmed from an October 2020 incident near Miami, where Shiesty was accused of participating in a robbery where two men were shot and injured. He was satisfied with the outcome,” Shiesty’s defense lawyer Bradford Cohen told Rolling Stone. “We’re happy with the decision of the court.”

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty sentenced to five years in prison for Florida ... (USA TODAY)

He pleaded guilty in January to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking. The Tennessee native had been facing ...

Finally, Williams shot and wounded a security guard after a performance at a Miami strip club in May 2021, prosecutors said. The Tennessee native had been facing up to 20 years in prison. According to court records, the charges related to three separate events.

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Over 2020 ... (PEOPLE.com)

Rapper Pooh Shiesty has received a 5-year sentence for his involvement in a Florida shooting in October 2020.

Pooh Shiesty's popularity grew after working with well-known rappers like Gucci Mane. His debut commercial mixtape Shiesty Season and his recent track "Back In Blood" featuring Lil Durk peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone also reported that one man was shot in the buttocks in the crossfire. "Listen, nobody's happy to go to prison, but he was happy the judge listened to our argument, and the judge received the argument well. That evening, he "and his co-conspirators arrived at a meeting to acquire marijuana, codeine, and sneakers. The second incident was the October 2020 incident that Pooh Shiesty was sentenced for on Wednesday. "The federal sentencing guidelines placed him at a high end of 107 months, the government agreed to not seek more than 97 months.

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Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty sentenced to more than 5 years in ... (FOX13 Memphis)

In pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking, prosecutors dropped three charges including a ...

In the first, on July 7, 2022, Williams was inside a car at a Memphis gas station when someone in the car began shooting. In the second, on October 9, 2020 in Bay Harbor, Florida, two people had marijuana, codeine and sneakers taken from them after being assaulted during a meeting with Williams and others. In the third, on May 30, 2021, Williams assaulted someone with a firearm at a Miami strip club.

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Pooh Shiesty sentenced to 5 years in prison (Brooklyn Vegan)

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his Florida gun conspiracy conviction stemming from a confrontation ...

With credit for good behavior, Williams could be out in about three and a half more years. “We’re happy with the decision of the court.” He was satisfied with the outcome,” defense lawyer Bradford Cohen tells Rolling Stone, referring to the rapper.

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Rapper Pooh Shiesty gets 5 years, 3 months for gun charge in Florida (WFLA)

Rapper Pooh Shiesty has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for a gun charge in Florida.

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Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty sentenced to over 5 years in prison (Action News 5)

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years and three months in prison in a Miami federal court.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years and three months in prison in a Miami federal court. In January last year, the rapper pleaded guilty to firearms and drug charges as part of a deal that dropped three other charges, according to the Associated Press. Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty sentenced to over 5 years in prison

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Pooh Shiesty sentenced to five years in prison over Florida shooting (NME.com)

Pooh Shiesty has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a single firearms conspiracy charge.

After Williams pleaded guilty to a single firearms conspiracy charge earlier this year, federal prosecutors dropped three additional charges that could have resulted in a lifetime prison sentence. As Williams drove off, a Louis Vuitton bag stuffed with $40,912 in cash fell out of the driver’s seat of the McLaren, authorities claimed. He was satisfied with the outcome,” Shiesty’s defence lawyer Bradford Cohen told Rolling Stone. “We’re happy with the decision of the court.”

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