Rapper Pooh Shiesty Denied Bail In Federal Gun, Robbery Case: DOJ

MIAMI, FL — Tennessee-based rapper Lontrell D. Williams, 21, who performs as Pooh Shiesty, will be held without bond in a federal detention center in Miami pending trial on charges that he was involved in the shooting of two men during a street purchase of marijuana and high-end sneakers, the Department of Justice said in a news release.

According to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury and a criminal complaint affidavit, on Oct. 9, 2020, Williams, along with Bobby Brown, 21, of Memphis and Jayden Darosa, 20, of Pembroke Pines, drove to a Bay Harbor Islands hotel to buy marijuana and a pair of high-end sneakers from two other men, the DOJ said.

During the transaction, the defendants shot the sellers with semi-automatic weapons, court documents said. Then, Williams, Brown and Darosa drove away from the scene, taking with them the sneakers and marijuana they had not paid for. The shooting victims survived.

The indictment charges Williams, Brown, and Darosa each with one count of conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence, conspiring to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, committing a Hobbs Act robbery and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, the DOJ said.

Williams and Darosa made their initial federal court appearances June 29. Brown was arrested in Tennessee on June 15 and his first appearance in federal court in Miami is yet to be scheduled, the DOJ said.

Tuesday, after separate hearings, Miami U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres ordered Williams and Darosa detained in a federal detention center without bond pending their trials.

Williams also faces state criminal charges, including charges related to the shooting of a security guard at the King of Diamonds strip club in over Memorial Day weekend, the DOJ said. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the state charges.