Rapper Pooh Shiesty indicted in alleged involvement in Miami hotel shooting, robbery
Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty is in federal custody and faces a list of charges connected to an alleged robbery and shooting of two men outside of a hotel in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Lontrell Williams, the rapper's legal name, made his first court appearance Tuesday after the FBI indicted him and two other men on charges of discharging a firearm during a violent crime, conspiracy and robbery under a law regulating commerce.
Williams, 21, along with Jayden Darosa and Bobby Brown went to the Landon Hotel in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida in October to purchase "high-end athletic sneakers" and marijuana, according to the criminal complaint by Miami-Dade FBI Detective Elio Garcia.
Williams arrived in a McLaren he rented from one of the victims and wanted to negotiate the car's rental as well, but during the transaction, he and Brown shot the men — one in the hip and the other in the butt, according to the court documents.
Garcia said surveillance footage captured the shooting and after law enforcement spoke with the victims they identified one of the culprits as Pooh Shiesty.
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While leaving the scene, a Louis Vuitton bag — which had $40,912 dollars in cash — fell out of the McLaren and according to the complaint, Williams posted guns and $100 bills on Instagram days before the robbery.
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Law enforcement utilized the rapper's social media account and found the same bills in the Louis Vuitton bag were also in his posts, the court document said.
For the same incident, Williams was charged and released on bond in Miami-Dade state court but he was detained again in June after allegedly shooting a strip club security guard in the ankle in May.
The Commercial Appeal, part of the USA TODAY Network, reached out to Williams' attorneys and record label, Gucci Mane's 1017 Records, but did not receive a response.
The rapper's next court appearance is set for July 6 at the Southern District of Florida Court in Miami.
Dima Amro covers the suburbs and can be reached at Dima.Amro@commercialappeal.com.
