Overview
- Pooh Shiesty, which federal court records show was scheduled for a detention hearing Wednesday in Dallas, is asking to be released on bond after last week’s arrest on kidnapping and robbery charges.
- Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke house-arrest bond for Shiesty’s father, Lontrell Williams Sr., with a formal motion due by April 13 as he is transported to Texas to face the charges.
- Co-defendant Big30 saw a $100,000 bond granted in Tennessee and then stayed, and a Texas judge ordered he remain in custody pending transfer while both sides brief whether he should be released.
- Shiesty’s team added veteran attorney Bradford Cohen by court filing and is challenging the government’s account, pointing to an FBI statement that there is no direct surveillance showing a gun being used.
- The Justice Department alleges nine people carried out a coordinated studio takeover to force a release from Gucci Mane’s 1017 contract, and the charges carry potential life sentences if convicted.