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Polo G Arrested For Gun Possession In NYC

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Chi-Town rapper Polo G was prepping for the long-awaited release of his fourth album. Still, the celebratory energy was swiftly quenched when Polo was arrested earlier this week in NYC for criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degree, according to reports.

Police from NYPD’s 1st Precinct received a call that a handgun was found in The Dominick Hotel by one of the employees in an occupied room. Officers confirmed that Polo, whose real name is Taurus Bartlett, was the occupant in the room, and the firearm retrieved was registered in his name.

Manhattan District Attorney’s Office executed a search warrant for the hotel room and found a loaded Glock 23 firearm inside the bedroom side of the hotel room.

NYPD arrested Polo and charged him with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in both the 2nd and 3rd degree.

It was reported that Polo was carrying more than $23K on his person at the time of his arrest.

Things have been rough this past year for Polo, with Polo’s catching a separate gun charge and his brother Trench Baby being arrested for murder in California in November of last year.

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BX Drill Rapper C Blu’s Gun Charge Moved To Juvenile Court, Judge Calls Calls Cops’ Testimony “Unreliable”

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Earlier this week, 16-year-old Camrin Williams aka C Blu, a NYC drill rapper, managed to slip through the cracks of the criminal justice system after a Bronx judge moved the young rapper’s case to family court, citing that an “unreliable” and “self serving” officer illegally searched the teen before he was arrested.

Bronx Supreme Court Justice Naita Sema made the transfer of the case from adult court to family/juvenile court after she made it clear that she saw no reason for the officers to search the teen.

‘There was absolutely zero reason for any of those officers to approach this individual,” Judge Semaj reportedly said. “They approached him, they detained him, they searched him, and no officer even bothered to come up with a halfway legitimate reason for any of that.”

Blu was initially charged as an adult with criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree assault and other weapons charges, but is now facing charges of shooting a police officer as a juvenile.

Blu was arrested on January 18 following a physical altercation in which 27-year-old Officer Kaseem Pennant was shot in the groin during the search. According to Judge Semaj, Williams did everything to cooperate with the officers.

“While there is no disputing the fact that Mr. Williams had a gun on him that night… He literally does everything you tell your child to do when they’re approached by cops. He literally kept his hands up. He literally tried to record to make sure there was proof. He answered questions he had no obligation to answer.”

The 16-year-old emcee, who is allegedly has ties to the Crips, used the $250,000 advance from his Interscope Records deal to post bail following the arrest. Williams is still on probation from a 2020 gun possession arrest. 

Rather than a Bronx District Attorney, the city’s law department will now decide Williams’ fate and judge will finalize Blu’s case instead of a traditional jury.

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Blueface Arrested For Gun Possession In Hollywood

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According to several confirmed reports, YMCMB sensation Blueface was arrested in Hollywood this morning(February 12) for gun possession after being pulled over in what is referred to as a routine traffic stop.

According to the report from the LAPD, the rapper reportedly had expired license plates, which led to them running a check on his driver’s license, which revealed that his license has expired. This led to a consented search of the vehicle, upon which the arresting officers uncovered a handgun in the car’s center console.

Even though none of the other passengers in the vehicle were arrested, Blueface, whose real name is Johnathan Porter, was charged with possession of a concealed firearm in a vehicle.

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Sheff G Arrested On Felony Gun Possession Charge in NYC

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Just hours after NYC drill affiliate Eli Fross was arrested on attempted murder charges for a shooting in Times Square, Brooklyn favorite Sheff G was arrested on a second degree felony weapons charge.

Sheff, whose real name is Michael Williams, was taken into custody the same day as Fross, but the news of Sheff’s arrest wasn’t made public until DJ Akademiks shared the news on his Twitter and IG, which prompted many fans to reply in the comments to “free him”.

Sheff was just arrested for gun possession earlier this year after a traffic stop in Brooklyn and served a year and four months behind bars back in 2015 for a felony gun charge.

Due to his previous record and the nature of the current charge, a judge ruled to keep Sheff in custody until his next court hearing on August 18.

TheSource.com will bring updates to this story as details develop.

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Detroit Rapper Big Homie Arrested For Flashing Guns On IG Connected To 7 Shootings

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According to a confirmed report from The Detroit News, Delmarco Craig, who’s best known in the local Hip Hop community as “Big Homie:, was arrested less than 48 hours after going live on Instagram flashing guns.

It was the modification on a Glock handgun that converts the weapon from a semi-automatic to a fully automatic that got the authorities’ attention. That weapon and several other guns that were discovered by ATF in the rapper’s home were allegedly used in seven shootings over the span of seven months.

The guns were linked to at least one homicide, a shooting back in April and even one of the guns was reportedly connected to a shooting that happened just hours after Craig’s IG Live session ended.

The rapper’s attorney dismissed his client’s Instagram Live and says Big Homie was just portraying a rap persona.

“A lot of these young rap artists with social media today find themselves involving using guns in videos,” said Steven Scharg. “That does not necessarily mean they’re thugs or believe in assaults. It’s just part of the façade of the rap industry.”

Craig is being held without bond and faces up to ten years behind bars if convicted.

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GA’s Bossman Yayo Get 7 Years In Prison For Gun In Music Video

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According to a confirmed news report, Georgia rapper was handed down a hefty prison sentence for illegally possessing a firearm after flashing a Ruger 9mm in several of his music video.

Yayo, whose real name is Antonio Bell and an admitted member of the Bloods’ 5-9 Brim set, was given a 84 month sentence in federal custody by U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Randal Hall after pleading guilty to the possession charge. 

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia Bobby L. Christine said, “Antonio Bell knew that as a convicted felon he is not allowed to carry firearms, yet he chose not only to violate the law but to brazenly glorify gun possession in his videos posted online,” she continued, “Now, inside a prison, he might have a live audience – but he won’t be able to flash firearms in his performances.”

Autuhorities found the weapon with the high-velocity magazine under the seat of his Corvette during a routine traffic stop.

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