{"id":53384,"date":"2022-08-23T01:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T01:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-fetty-wap-faces-at-least-5-years-in-prison-for-federal-drug-charge\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T01:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T01:57:29","slug":"rapper-fetty-wap-faces-at-least-5-years-in-prison-for-federal-drug-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-fetty-wap-faces-at-least-5-years-in-prison-for-federal-drug-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Fetty Wap faces at least 5 years in prison for federal drug charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" config=\"[object Object]\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty Monday to a federal drug charge carrying a minimum five-year prison<b> <\/b>sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The plea was entered in the Eastern District of New York&#8217;s Long Island courthouse two weeks after US Magistrate Judge Steven Locke revoked the $500,000 bond previously granted to Fetty Wap, 31, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II.  Maxwell was arrested Aug.  8 for violating the conditions of his release when, according to an affidavit, he called someone on FaceTime and threatened to kill them while brandishing a weapon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Maxwell, best known for his Grammy-nominated debut single \u201cTrap Queen,\u201d which reached No.  2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015, was one of six defendants accused in an October federal indictment of distributing more than 100 kilograms of narcotics including cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, which they allegedly obtained on the West Coast.<b> <\/b>Following his most recent arrest, Maxwell remains in custody.  His estimated sentencing guidelines range between seven and nine years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Maxwell&#8217;s attorney did not respond to The Washington Post&#8217;s request for comment on his guilty plea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Two of the defendants listed alongside Maxwell in the indictment pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances.  One of them also confessed to using firearms in connection with drug trafficking.  Maxwell, who previously maintained his innocence, pleaded guilty to the first count.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">In a news release from October, US District Attorney Breon Peace said the defendants were \u201cdeliberately contributing to the opioid epidemic that has devastated our communities and taken too many lives.\u201d  Michael Driscoll, assistant director of the FBI&#8217;s New York field office, added that \u201cthe fact that we arrested a chart-topping rap artist and a corrections officer as part of the conspiracy illustrates just how vile the drug trade has become.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Maxwell was initially arrested in October ahead of his scheduled performance at the Rolling Loud music festival in New York.  He remained active on social media until his most recent arrest;  in November, following his release on the $500,000 bond, he wrote on Instagram that \u201cloyalty can be both a great trait and a deadly one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty Monday to a federal drug charge carrying a minimum five-year prison sentence. The plea was entered in the Eastern District of New York&#8217;s Long Island courthouse two weeks after US Magistrate Judge Steven Locke revoked the $500,000 bond previously granted to Fetty Wap, 31, whose &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-fetty-wap-faces-at-least-5-years-in-prison-for-federal-drug-charge\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rapper Fetty Wap faces at least 5 years in prison for federal drug charge<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53059,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-fetty-wap-pleads-guilty-to-federal-drug-charges-in-ny\/","url_meta":{"origin":53384,"position":0},"title":"Rapper Fetty Wap pleads guilty to federal drug charges in NY","date":"August 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams of cocaine \u2014 a charge that carries a minimum five-year prison sentence. 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