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A new picture has surfaced of rapper Pooh Shiesty who’s currently serving time after pleading guilty to possessing weapons in furtherance of various crimes. He was handed down a sentence of five years and three months in federal prison, but appears to be in good spirits from the latest photo of him.

In a lengthy caption accompanying his latest photo, Pooh Shiesty wrote:

Pooh Shiesty will spend the next several years behind bars.

On Wednesday, the 22-year-old rapper—born Lontrell Williams Jr.—received a 63-month prison sentenced in his federal firearms case. U.S. District Judge Kevin Michael Moore announced the decision Wednesday in Miami Federal Court, more than three months after Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to a firearms conspiracy charge stemming from an alleged armed robbery at a Florida hotel. The rapper was accused of shooting 28-year-old Brandon Cooper in October 2020, when he allegedly met up with the victim to purchase marijuana and sneakers.

Prosecutors said the illegal transaction took a drastic turn, when Pooh Shiesty and his friends took the items without paying. Pooh Shiesty was accused of shooting Cooper in the buttocks before he and his crew fled the scene in a rented McLaren. As they drove away, a bag containing more than $40,000 in cash fell from the vehicle. Police managed to link the money to the rapper by referencing a serial number on a bill that was posted on Pooh Shiesty’s Instagram.

Though Cooper survived the incident, Pooh Shiesty was ultimately charged with four counts related to the shooting; but under the 2022 plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop three of the original counts, including one that carried a maximum sentence of life in prison. He was facing an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the single firearms conspiracy charge.

“Listen, nobody’s happy to go to prison, but he was happy the judge listened to our argument, and the judge received the argument well. He was satisfied with the outcome,” his attorney, Bradford Cohen, told Rolling Stone. “We’re happy with the decision of the court.”

Pooh Shiesty has been indicted over the alleged shooting and robbery of two men outside a Bay Harbor Islands hotel.

The 21-year-old was charged, along with Bobby Brown and Jayden Darosa, for robbing two men after the trio allegedly met the two victims in October to buy marijuana and “high-end athletic sneakers.” Pooh Shiesty, whose real name is Lontrell Williams, showed up in a McLaren while Darosa was driving a Mercedes Maybach.

Surveillance footage reportedly showed Williams and Brown shoot the two men. One of the robbery victims was shot in the hip, while the other was shot in the rear. According to a criminal complaint, Williams used a Draco subcompact machine gun and never paid the victims.

Investigators claimed the rapper’s social media posts were key in building their case. A Louis Vuitton bag that fell out of the McLaren contained over $40,000 in cash. In addition to Williams posting photos of himself with cash and rifles, investigators discovered that one of the bills in the bag had the same serial number as the one depicted on Instagram. Williams also posted photos of himself with the same McLaren witnessed in the robbery and Darosa made an Instagram post that showed him posing with the same Draco used by Williams.

Williams was released on bail earlier this month but remained in jail over a shooting incident at the King of Diamonds strip club. The security guard, who was shot at the strip club, recanted his statement and caused Williams to be denied bail while investigators figure out why the alleged victim backtracked.

As for the October robbery, Pooh Shiesty has been charged with discharging a firearm during a violent crime, conspiracy, and robbery under a law regulating commerce. The rapper will be held in federal custody until a hearing on July 6.

Source: Miami Herald