NBA rap star YoungBoy won’t need to go to jail for his position in a months-long fraud scheme to illegally acquire prescribed drugs from a number of Utah pharmacies.
The 25-year-old rapper (born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden) entered a plea deal by which he admitted guilt throughout a listening to Monday in a Logan County courtroom on a number of counts of identification fraud, forgery and “illegal pharmaceutical conduct.”
In April, the Cache County Sheriff’s Office filed an affidavit naming Gaulden because the prime suspect in a scheme from September 2023 to February 2024 that concerned pretending to be a health care provider to fill prescriptions for promethazine with codeine — a managed substance – in pharmacies in cities together with Hyrum, Logan and Smithfield. He was arrested April 16 on greater than 40 fees together with identification fraud, forgery and “procuring or trying to obtain” prescribed drugs.
On Monday, Gaulden (often known as YoungBoy Never Broke Again) pleaded responsible to 2 counts of third-degree felony identification fraud, two counts of third-degree felony forgery and 6 counts of of misdemeanors for unlawful pharmaceutical conduct. He entered a “no contest” plea deal on the remaining fees.
While Gaulden won’t face jail time in Utah, his 4 felony fees had been diminished to Class A misdemeanors and he was ordered to pay a $25,000 wonderful, in keeping with KTVX-TV.
A authorized consultant for Gaulden didn’t instantly reply to The Times’ request for remark.
District Judge Spencer D. Walsh agreed to droop a jail sentence because the Grammy-nominated “Need It” rapper is already anticipated to serve 27 months in federal jail on associated fees in a case stemming from Weber County, Utah. Upon his launch, Gaulden shall be positioned on 5 years of federally supervised probation.
Gaulden had been residing underneath home arrest in Weber County for 3 years. In March 2021, a federal grand jury indicted Gaulden, charging the musician with possessing an unregistered firearm and “possession of a firearm by a convicted felon” in reference to a Case 2020. The rapper’s transfer to Utah got here as a part of a 2021 settlement by which his legal professionals argued that “transferring to Utah would maintain YoungBoy out of hassle.”
During Monday’s listening to, Walsh mentioned it was clear Gaulden was a proficient younger man and that he did not need the musician to waste his potential.
“I’m certain that in your future, when you end your time in federal jail, you may be actually profitable whereas on federal probation and have a extremely brilliant future the place you may attain your full potential in each side of your life. ” Walsh added. “Good luck, Mr. Gaulden.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
