A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted New Orleans rapper B. Attorney Jim Letten said. Letten said the year-old rapper, whose real name is Christopher Dorsey, faces two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
The charges are from a traffic stop in which officers recovered three guns, two of which were reported stolen. According to the indictment, Dorsey conspired with Pollard and Fedison to obstruct justice by "inducing Demounde Pollard to sign a false affidavit attesting that Dorsey did not possess three firearms on Nov.
Both Pollard and Fedison have pleaded guilty in the case and are awaiting sentencing, Letten said. It was not immediately known whether Dorsey had an attorney and a telephone listing could not be found for him.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The lawyer for the "Bling Bling" rapper, whose songs chronicled the gritty street life of hustlers and the high life of flashy MC's, said his client's appearance in the controversial videos was merely "posturing and marketing," saying that while "many people would frown upon his art District Judge Ginger Berrigan said of Dorsey, whose videos she believed "may have contributed to the murders of young people" in New Orleans.
Dorsey racked up three felony drug convictions from to He was ordered to also serve three years of supervised release at the end of his prison term. Hip-Hop Music. Take Your Charge. Dorsey was arrested with Demounde Pollard, 20, and Jerod Fedison, Police found three guns, along with loaded magazines. Two of the guns had been reported stolen and the car itself had been stolen from an Alamo rental car parking lot. Pollard confessed to ownership of the guns, though it was later revealed to be at the behest of Dorsey.
The state criminal case was eventually moved to federal court and both Pollard and Fedison pleaded guilty, paving the way for the charges against Dorsey. Pollard reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and was sentenced to 30 months in prison; Fedison, with an extensive criminal record, received a year sentence. Prosecutors have linked Dorsey in court filings to two of the city's most high-profile alleged murderers, Telly Hankton and Walter Porter.
Dorsey name-checks both men in videos posted online. Hankton, recently convicted in one murder and serving a life sentence, has been called Public Enemy No.
He is currently awaiting trial on another murder. Porter is currently in jail, charged with killing the brother of a witness in a killing perpetrated by Hankton. These videos became a much-debated topic in the courtroom. Prosecutors seeking a year prison sentence pointed to them as evidence of Dorsey's wide-ranging criminal activity.
Attorney Maurice Landrieu told the judge Wednesday.
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