Daniel Hernandez, the Brooklyn rapper generally known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was arrested in New York City on federal crime expenses final evening (November 18), TMZ reports and Pitchfork has confirmed with the U.S. Attorney’s workplace. 6ix9ine’s ex-manager Shottie, actual title Kifano Jordan, and their associates Faheem Walter (aka Crippy), Jensel Butler (aka Ish), Jamel Jones (aka Mel Murda), and Fuguan Lovick (aka Fu Banga) had been additionally arrested. They all face racketeering and firearms expenses. Hernandez is presently in federal custody. 6ix9ine said final week that he had fired Shottie and the remainder of his administration workforce.
According to the eight-count indictment, considered by Pitchfork, Hernandez and the opposite defendants “participated in the operation and management of” the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. The indictment accuses gang members of homicide, theft, assault, the sale of medication, and extra. Two of the costs Hernandez faces have a maximum penalty of life in jail. Pitchfork has emailed a consultant for 6ix9ine for remark.
Hernandez, Jordan, and two different associates are accused of robbing unknown rivals of the gang at gunpoint on April 3. The indictment additionally references a July 16 capturing incident in Brooklyn. Hernandez and others are accused of agreeing “to shoot an individual who had shown disrespect to members of Nine Trey, and as a result of this agreement an innocent bystander was shot.”
The investigation that led to 6ix9ine’s arrest was performed by the U.S. Attorney’s workplace with the NYPD, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Homeland Security Investigations.
“As alleged in the indictment, this gang, which included platinum-selling rap artist Tekashi 6ix9ine, wreaked havoc on New York City, engaging in brazen acts of violence,” U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman mentioned in a statement. “Showing reckless indifference to others’ safety, members of the gang were allegedly involved in robberies and shootings, including a shooting inside the crowded Barclay’s Center, and a shooting in which an innocent bystander was hit.”
Earlier this month, police apprehended Jordan in reference to an incident through which Walter, in his capability as 6ix9ine’s bodyguard, was shot and later charged with gang assault.
Hernandez is currently on probation, stemming from an October 2015 guilty plea to using a toddler in a sexual efficiency. Sentencing within the case dragged on for years till, final month, a New York choose gave Hernandez four years of probation and required him to finish group service, chorus from gang affiliation, and keep away from future arrests.
Daniel Hernandez additionally has a pending authorized case in Texas. This previous January, Hernandez allegedly choked a 16-year-old on the Galleria Mall in Houston, Texas. Hernandez and his safety demanded that {the teenager} erase video footage of the incident from his telephone, in response to a police report. In May, he was charged with misdemeanor assault, and he was arrested on the Texas warrant in July.
Read “Untangling Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Legal Cases.”
This article was initially revealed on Monday, November 19 at 9:01 a.m. Eastern. It was final up to date on November 19 at 8:19 p.m. Eastern.
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