Fetty Wap busted on drug charges at Citi Field

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Fetty Wap busted on drug charges at Citi Field​



By Craig McCarthy


October 29, 2021 | 9:13am




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Fetty Wap was busted on drugs charges at Citi Field in Queens, New York.


Fetty Wap was busted on drugs charges at Citi Field in Queens, New York. Seth Browarnik/startraksphoto.co



The rapper Fetty Wap was busted by the feds at Citi Field on drug charges, a senior law enforcement source said Friday.
The “Trap Queen” artist, whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II, was arrested by FBI agents late Thursday afternoon at the Mets stadium on federal drug charges, the source said.
Enlarge ImageThe “Trap Queen” artist, whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II, was arrested by FBI agents late Thursday afternoon.Getty Images Enlarge ImageFetty Wap is expected to appear in federal court later on Friday.R. Umar Abbasi for NY Post
No other details were immediately known about the charges.
He is expected to appear in federal court later on Friday.
 

See the massive bounty of drugs, cash allegedly seized from Fetty Wap​



By Gabrielle Fonrouge


November 5, 2021 | 4:14pm




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Fetty Wap is facing federal charges for allegedly operating a multimillion-dollar drug ring. MediaPunch / BACKGRID









Law enforcement officials released photos showing the bounty of cash and drugs that were seized when they arrested rapper Fetty Wap on charges he ran a multi-million dollar, bicoastal drug ring.
The images released by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office show twelve evidence bags stuffed with about $1.5 million in cash broken down into ones, fives, twenties and hundred dollar bills.
Over a dozen bricks of what appears to be cocaine and heroin are also shown in the images, some of which are marked with “AC” on top.
A metal structure with pipes that resembles a mechanical pill press was also recovered by authorities following the October 28 bust, which brought in 16 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, numerous fentanyl pills, two 9mm handguns, a rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, a .40 caliber pistol and ammunition.
Enlarge ImageThe FBI seized more than dozen bricks of cocaine and heroin.Suffolk County District Attorney Enlarge ImageThe feds also confiscated $1.5 million in cash from the drug trafficking ring.Suffolk County District Attorney Enlarge ImageA metal structure with pipes that resembles a mechanical pill press was also recovered by authorities.Suffolk County District Attorney
The artist — who bragged in his 2014 hit song “Trap Queens” about cooking crack, using the euphemism “cooking pies” — was arrested by FBI agents last week at Citi Field moments before he was slated to hit the stage and perform for the three-day Rolling Loud music festival.
Enlarge ImageWilliam Junior Maxwell II aka Fetty WapGetty Images
He’s facing federal charges out of the Eastern District of New York for allegedly operating the multimillion-dollar drug ring in Suffolk County with a cadre of associates between June 2019 and June 2020.
The feds allege the rapper, whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II, was a “kilogram-level” dealer in the operation, which allegedly trafficked at least 100 kilos of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack from the West Coast and sold the drugs in New Jersey and Long Island.
The rapper was detained in federal court last week during a brief court appearance but he was released Friday on a $500,000 bond after agreeing to surrender his passport and submit to drug testing and GPS monitoring.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for Nov. 24.
 

Rapper Fetty Wap jailed after arrest for threatening Facetime call: feds​



By
Ben Feuerherd and

Reuven Fenton


August 8, 2022 3:18pm
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Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested in New Jersey for allegedly making a threatening Facetime call.
Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested in New Jersey for allegedly making a threatening Facetime call. Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage


Rapper Fetty Wap was jailed on Monday after being arrested in New Jersey for allegedly threatening to kill someone and flashing a gun on a FaceTime call, federal authorities said.
The hip-hop star, real name William Maxwell, had been out on a $500,000 personal recognizance bond on charges he allegedly worked with a crew of five other people to traffic more than 100 kilograms of drugs on Long Island.
He pleaded not guilty after his October 2021 bust in the sprawling drug-trafficking case.
Fetty Wap on a FaceTime call, allegedly making threats.During a FaceTime call, Fetty Wap allegedly called an unidentified man a “rat” and threatened to kill him.USDC Eastern District
Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York said the rapper violated the conditions of his release with the threatening video call on Dec. 11, 2021, leading to his arrest on Monday.
The “Trap Queen” rapper rang up a man identified only as John Doe, called him a “rat” and repeatedly threatened his life, according to an affidavit filed in his case Monday.
“Imma kill you and everybody you with,” the Paterson, NJ, native said, according to the court documents. He then repeated: “I’m gonna kill you.”
In this handout photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, rapper Willie Maxwell, aka Fetty Wap, is seen in a police booking photo.Fetty Wap is out on bond on charges he allegedly worked with a crew of five other people to traffic more than 100 kilograms of drugs on Long Island.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via Getty Images
“This was a direct violation of both state law and the condition of his release,” an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit.




At a bail revocation hearing in Central Islip federal court, Magistrate Judge Steven Locke revoked the rapper’s bond pending trial in the drug trafficking case.
Fetty Wap’s attorney, Elizabeth Macedonio, said her client was entrapped on the phone call by someone who had, days earlier, posted a photo of his dead 4-year-old daughter.
“I”m happy she’s dead because her father is a rat,” the person who the rapper allegedly threatened had written in the caption.
“He was very manipulative in trying to get a rise out of Mr. Maxwell, to agitate him in a way no parent would have to face…the death of one’s 4-year-old daughter is something no one should use as a ploy,” Macedonio told Judge Locke.
The judge said he was sympathetic to anyone who lost a child, but ordered the rapper detained because he was “clearly deploying a gun to threaten to kill someone.”
Fetty Wap’s daughter with singer Turquoise Miami, Lauren, died in July 2021 of complications caused by congenital heart arrhythmia, TMZ reported at the time.
 



Rapper Fetty Wap pleads guilty to federal drug charges in New York​



By
Ben Feuerherd


August 22, 2022 1:01pm
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Rapper Fetty Wap admitted his role in an interstate, multi-million dollar drug trafficking scheme Monday, pleading guilty to a charge that carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison.
The hip-hop star, real name Willie Maxwell II, 31, entered the plea to a single count of conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams of cocaine before Judge Steven I. Locke at the federal courthouse in Central Islip on Long Island.
“I agreed with other people to distribute cocaine,” he told the judge.
Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams of cocaine at federal court in Long Island.Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty in federal court in Long Island to conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams of cocaine.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Drugs seized by the FBI during the investigation into Fetty Wap.Drugs seized by the FBI during the investigation into Fetty Wap.Suffolk County District Attorney / MEGA The $1.5 million in cash seized during the search.The $1.5 million in cash seized during the search.Suffolk County District Attorney / MEGA
He added that it was at least 500 grams and that some of the conduct occurred in Suffolk County.
When asked how he’d like to plead, the “Trap Queen” rapper responded, “Guilty.” The charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and a mandatory minimum of five years, Locke said at the hearing. No sentencing date was immediately scheduled.
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The plea is “standard” — and the rapper is not cooperating with law enforcement, his attorney, Elizabeth Macedonio, told reporters in the hallway outside of the courtroom.


“He’s not cooperating. I want that to be very, very clear,” she said.


The New Jersey-born rap star appeared jovial in the courtroom, and before the judge took the bench, he repeatedly nodded, smiled at and exchanged words with a group of four people who came to support him.


“I love you,” Fetty Wap told them before being ushered out by US Marshals following the hearing.


Federal prosecutors say the rapper was involved in a scheme in which he and his cohort picked up cocaine in Suffolk County and moved it to his home state of New Jersey to distribute.


Prosecutor Chris Caffarone told the judge that the US Attorney’s Office would provide significant evidence if the case went to trial, including witness testimony and video footage that showed Fetty Wap “out here on Long Island.”


Locke noted during the hearing that prosecutors had not given Fetty Wap a 5k letter, which are usually handed to defendants who cooperate with law enforcement in an effort to get them lower sentences.


The musician has been held at a special housing unit at a Brooklyn federal jail since he was remanded into custody three weeks ago, his attorney said at the end of the hearing.

The charge has a minimum five-year prison sentence and a maximum sentence of 40 years.The charge has a minimum five-year prison sentence and a maximum sentence of 40 years.Photo by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via Getty Images
Macedonio said she was “very concerned about his housing” and that he was subject to the “harshest of conditions.”


She requested he be transferred to another jail pending sentencing, to which the prosecutor did not object, but said the decision ultimately rests with the Bureau of Prisons and the US Marshals Service.


Macedonio also asked that the rapper be given an expedited sentencing date because of the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.


Fetty Wap was remanded into custody weeks ago after the feds discovered he allegedly threatened an unidentified man on a FaceTime call.


He allegedly flashed a gun during the Dec. 11, 2021 call and told the man, “Imma kill you and everybody you with.”


At the bail revocation hearing on Aug. 8, Macedonio said her client was entrapped on the phone call by someone who days earlier posted a photo of his 4-year-old daughter, who died in July 2021.


“I”m happy she’s dead because her father is a rat,” the person allegedly captioned the photo.
 

Rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to six years behind bars in NY drug case​



By
Reuven Fenton and
Priscilla DeGregory


May 24, 2023 12:43pm
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Rapper Fetty Wap apologized to his family, friends — and the addicts he sold drugs to — as he was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for his part in a bi-coastal narcotics ring.
The hip hop star — whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II — was accused of driving to Long Island about six times in the spring of 2020 and buying kilograms of cocaine then selling it in New York and New Jersey.
The Paterson, NJ native — who was one of five people charged in the case — personally dealt 25 kilograms of the drug in the Garden State, federal prosecutors said.
“I always aimed to lead,” he told the judge at his sentencing in Long Island federal court. “I ended up hurting the community, hurting the people who look up to me, hurting my family, hurting my children, hurting myself.”
The 31-year-old “Trap Queen” rapper pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and faced a minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years behind bars for the crime.
His attorneys had requested that he get the minimum — a bid Central Islip federal Judge Joanna Seybert denied because Maxwell violated his bail conditions last year by threatening a rival with a gun in a FaceTime call.
“There is a message to be sent,” Seybert said. “Without a doubt, you did a lot of dumb things when you got out, things that are arguably criminal.”
Prior to sentencing, Maxwell apologized to the court as some 20 friends and family members — including music executive Russell Simmons — looked on.

Fetty WapFetty Wap was sentenced to six years in prison in a drug case.Getty Images
“I only wanted to do right by my family and loved ones,” he told the judge. “In doing so, I never asked myself — is it all the way right?”


The Billboard-charting artist said he sold the drugs in a desperate bid to stay afloat financially when the pandemic put him in the red.


His lawyer Elizabeth Macedonio said Maxwell was motivated to start dealing so that he could continue to provide for his family and friends — including his eight children — after his concert revenues dried up during the lockdowns.

Russells Simmons walking with his mother.Roughly 20 friends and family — including music producer Russell Simmons — were present when the rapper apologized in court.Dennis A. Clark
“All these people were relying on a still young man with no money coming in,” Macedonio told the judge. “There were bills to be paid, but the money was running out.”


The lawyer said Maxwell “turned to selling drugs” — but didn’t do it for personal gain or fun and only did it for a few months.


“There were a lot of mouths to feed. The financial obligations were swallowing him up,” she said. “He got in and got out. His family was taken care of and that was the end of it.”

Fetty Wap's family and friends walking into court.His family and friends came to court for the sentencing where he faced between five and 40 years behind bars.Dennis A. Clark
But federal prosecutor Christopher Caffarone noted that many people lost their jobs during the pandemic — but not all of them turned to slinging drugs.


“The people who lost their jobs — know what they didn’t do?” Caffarone said rhetorically. “They didn’t drive to New Jersey, pick up 25 kilograms of cocaine, drive to Long Island and sell it on the streets.”


Last week, prosecutors recommended that Maxwell — who has been locked up since August — receive between seven years and three months to nine years behind bars claiming he was a “large-scale narcotics trafficker” who “continues to use his fame, sizable platform and influence to glamorize the drug trade.”


The feds cited as an example his breakout hit, “Trap Queen” which Maxwell wrote about an ex-girlfriend who helped him peddle drugs in Paterson.

Drugs seized by law enforcement in the case.The rapper pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy in the bi-coastal drug case.Suffolk County District Attorney / MEGA
Macedonia Wednesday said prosecutors were unfairly using Maxwell’s song against him, referencing other famous songs about drugs or crimes — including Jimi Hendrix’ “Purple Haze,” The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff.”


“This is music, it’s art,” the judge said. “It’s what Mr. Maxwell does for a living. It doesn’t make any of the songs true.”


Caffarone fired back: “I know Bob Marley didn’t shoot the sheriff … The defendant actually did sell drugs. He did actually sell cocaine.”





Maxwell was arrested on Oct. 29, 2021 and had been free on $500,000 bond until he allegedly violated the conditions of his release during the Dec. 11, 2021 FaceTime call.


Maxwell and the others allegedly distributed over 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine from June 2019 through June 2020.


The group got West Coast drugs shipped to them through the mail or had drivers transport them in cars with hidden compartments, prosecutors alleged.

Drugs seized by the feds.The hip-hop star allegedly made six trips in the spring of 2020 to Long Island, where he bought drugs and then resold them in NJ and NY, prosecutors say.Suffolk County District Attorney / MEGA
Anthony Leonardi, 49, Robert Leonardi, 28, Brian Sullivan, 27, and Kavaughn Wiggins, 28, facilitated getting the drugs across the country to be processed, stored and resold, prosecutors claimed.


Maxwell redistributed the drugs and New Jersey Correction Officer Anthony Cyntje, 25, transported them from Long Island to New Jersey, the feds alleged.


In March, Cyntje was also sentenced to six years in prison.


The four remaining co-defendants have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
 
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