US Politics | Fetty Wap pleads guilty in drug trafficking case after Trap Queen rapper ‘busted with cocaine and heroin in trap house’
RAPPER Fetty Wap is facing at least five years in prison after admitting he helped run a drug trafficking ring. The star faced conspiracy to possess and distribute charges, carrying a five to 40-year sentence, after he was busted with heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, according to court documents obtained by the US Sun. 
Fetty Wap appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 26, 2019.AP:Associated Press According to the New York Post, Wap, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, entered the plea before Judge Steven I. Locke at the federal courthouse in Central Islip on Long Island. "I agreed with other people to distribute cocaine," he allegedly said. "He's not cooperating. I want that to be very, very clear," his attorney, Elizabeth Macedonio, told reporters, noting the plea is standard. Prosecutors said Wap picked up the drugs on Long Island and transported them to New Jersey. He was arrested by FBI agents at the Rolling Loud music festival in New York on October 28, along with five other people, according to RadarOnline. The FBI later released several photos of the drugs and money seized in connection to Fetty's alleged ...drug ring.... Court documents allege that from approximately June 2019 through June 2020, the defendants distributed over 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine across Long Island and New Jersey. Defendants Anthony Leonardi, Robert Leonardi, Brian Sullivan, and Kavaugah Wiggins allegedly got the drugs from the West Coast, mailed them, and drivers with hidden vehicle compartments to transport them to Suffolk County, New York. The drugs were then allegedly distributed to dealers across Long Island and in New Jersey, according to prosecutors. Wap was a ...kilogram-level redistributor for the trafficking organization.... Prosecutors said they found $1.5 million in cash, 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 after they executed search warrants. A federal judge ruled Aug 9 that Wap's bond be revoked for ...brandishing a gun and threatening to kill someone on the other end of a video conference call, according to court documents.
Fetty Wap appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 26, 2019.AP:Associated Press According to the New York Post, Wap, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, entered the plea before Judge Steven I. Locke at the federal courthouse in Central Islip on Long Island. "I agreed with other people to distribute cocaine," he allegedly said. "He's not cooperating. I want that to be very, very clear," his attorney, Elizabeth Macedonio, told reporters, noting the plea is standard. Prosecutors said Wap picked up the drugs on Long Island and transported them to New Jersey. He was arrested by FBI agents at the Rolling Loud music festival in New York on October 28, along with five other people, according to RadarOnline. The FBI later released several photos of the drugs and money seized in connection to Fetty's alleged ...drug ring.... Court documents allege that from approximately June 2019 through June 2020, the defendants distributed over 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine across Long Island and New Jersey. Defendants Anthony Leonardi, Robert Leonardi, Brian Sullivan, and Kavaugah Wiggins allegedly got the drugs from the West Coast, mailed them, and drivers with hidden vehicle compartments to transport them to Suffolk County, New York. The drugs were then allegedly distributed to dealers across Long Island and in New Jersey, according to prosecutors. Wap was a ...kilogram-level redistributor for the trafficking organization.... Prosecutors said they found $1.5 million in cash, 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 after they executed search warrants. A federal judge ruled Aug 9 that Wap's bond be revoked for ...brandishing a gun and threatening to kill someone on the other end of a video conference call, according to court documents.
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