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Kevin Gates Sentenced to 30 Months
Kevin Jerome Gilyard, 31, known by his stage name of Kevin Gates, of Baton Rouge, La., pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with a 2013 arrest, according to court records. Police records show Gilyard originally was arrested on an unlawful possession of a handgun charge about 8:10 p.m. Oct. 29, 2013, in the 7200 block of South Stony Island Avenue. Bridgeview Branch Court Judge Neil Linehan gave Gilyard credit for 34 days already spent in jail in the case, according to court records. Gilyard at least twice had warrants issued for his arrest in the case, once in 2013 when he failed to…
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Woop Catches Two Years in Jail
Florida Rapper Woop has been sentenced to two years in jail for throwing or shooting a missile at a building or vehicle, according to the Florida Department of Corrections website. His current release date reads May 10, 2018. Back in December of 2015, the rapper born Charles Ford was arrested in a brutal robbery on an Orange County apartment complex. In the apartment where a 22-year-old guy was beaten so badly he’d need surgery, SWAT found numerous guns and 11 people, including two women and a four-year-old child. Investigators believed the crime was “gang-related.” Contact a criminal defense attorney Buffalo Grove if you have been arrested for any criminal offence. Securing…
