American rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to aiding and abetting drug trafficking and remains in custody pending his prison sentence. Real name William Junior Maxwell II, the 31-year-old entertainer known around the world since his 2015 hit trap queenHe has been in demand near New York since late October for his alleged involvement in a vast drug trade on Long Island.
The rapper pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution and possession of cocaine in federal court in Central Islip, in the center of the giant island of Long Island, east of New York City.
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Therefore, he faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison rather than risk life in prison if a court had found him guilty on all counts. Fetty Wap has not requested bail and therefore remains in custody until his prison sentence is pronounced, according to US federal justice.
The rapper had been arrested and implicated in late October with five people. They were charged with transporting, distributing and selling more than 100kg of drugs, including heroin and fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate, in Long Island and New Jersey from June 2019 to June 2020.
During the raids, police seized nearly $1.5 million in cash, 16 kg of cocaine, two kg of heroin, numerous fentanyl pills and various weapons.
Arrested by the FBI on October 28 on Long Island in the area of a festival where he was to perform, Fetty Wap was prosecuted for having served as a “distributor” in this drug trade.
Source: BFM TV
