NEW Fox News articles can now be heard on audio! NY CENTRAL ISLIP (AP) Rapper Fetty Wap admitted his involvement in a major drug trafficking ring that transported cocaine from the West Coast to Long Island in his plea deal on Monday, which includes a mandatory five-year prison term.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke, who had revoked his release and placed him in jail two weeks prior, heard the plea in Central Islip. He was taken back to jail after entering a plea because a sentencing date had not yet been determined.
After prosecutors claimed that Wap, whose real name is Willie Maxwell, threatened to kill a man over a FaceTime call in 2021, breaking the terms of his pretrial release in his narcotics case, Locke withdrew the rapper’s $500,000 bond, which was guaranteed by land he owns in Georgia.
The rapper known as “Trap Queen” was first detained in October of last year on suspicion of taking part in a plot to import significant quantities of heroin, fentanyl, and other substances into the New York City region.
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The primary accusation against him in an indictment was conspiracy to distribute and possess banned narcotics, while the plea solely involved cocaine. Federal sentencing guidelines are likely to recommend an extra two years in jail, but it carries a required minimum term of five years in prison. If he had been found guilty of all the accusations against him, he might have received a life sentence, but his plea prevented that.
His attorneys did not respond to requests for comment right away.
Between June 2019 and June 2020, Maxwell and five co-defendants were charged with planning to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine. Also guilty of their crimes are two co-defendants who are awaiting punishment.
