Gucci Mane, whose actual identify is Radric Delantic Davis, was allegedly robbed and kidnapped by Pooh Shiesty and Big30 in Dallas, in response to the U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ), stories wfaa.
9 people, together with the aforementioned rappers, kidnapped and robbed a number of victims at a Dallas music studio, in response to the DOJ. The DOJ stories that eight of the 9 people had been taken into custody on Wednesday in Nashville, Memphis, and Dallas.
TMZ stories that Pooh Shiesty, actual identify Lontrell D. Williams Jr., was arrested Wednesday and booked in connection to a federal legal case. Shiesty’s father, Lontrell Williams Sr., was additionally arrested in Memphis, Tennessee.
In accordance with a DOJ complait, three folks from the music business travelled to Dallas for a gathering on January 10. In accordance with the DOJ, Pooh Shiesty, whose true identify is Lontrell Denell Williams Jr., arrange the assembly to “talk about the phrases of his recording contract with one of many victims.” Earlier than having run-ins with the regulation, Pooh Shiesty joined to Gucci Mane’s 1017 label and have become well-known for tracks like ‘Again in Blood‘.
DOJ alleges Pooh Shiesty compelled Gucci Mane to signal report label launch at gunpoint pic.twitter.com/sqwZJlBy5e
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Williams Jr. and his eight accomplices, a few of whom got here from Memphis, “executed an armed takeover.” Whereas the three males had been within the music studio, Williams Jr., in response to the DOJ, “compelled one of many victims to signal a launch from the recording contract at gunpoint” after drawing an AK-style handgun. The remaining co-conspirators additionally pulled out weapons and robbed the opposite victims of things similar to Rolex watches, jewellery and money.
Williams Jr. entered a responsible plea to conspiring to own firearms in furtherance of violent crimes and drug trafficking, and he was launched from jail in October 2025 after spending three years for a gun cost in Miami, Florida. On the time of this January theft and kidnapping, Williams Jr. was on house detention, the place the circumstances had been that he wouldn’t conduct one other felony or possess a firearm.
