An
up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper arrested on conspiracy and weapons charges will
serve seven years after reaching a plea deal on Friday.
Bobby Shmurda,
whose real name is Ackquille Pollard, pleaded guilty before his trial on Monday
in the Manhattan Supreme Court, where he faced the possibility of serving up to
25 years if convicted.
The
22-year-old Shmoney Dance hit-maker was arrested in December 2014 on
conspiracy, reckless endangerment and gun possession charges and remained
behind bars for nearly two years on $2million bond.
Shmurda
appeared in court on Friday along with his friends Chad Marshall and Nicholas
McCoy, who accepted the same deal.
After a fixed
seven year sentence, Shmurda will be on probation for another five years, the
New York Daily News reported.
Shmurda was
arrested after leaving a recording studio near Radio City Music Hall on
December 17, 2014. Police found two handguns and a small amount of crack
cocaine in a car the three friends were riding in, authorities said.
A 15-person
indictment named Shmurda as the leader of the G Stone Crips, also known as GS9,
whose members were charged with 69-counts including murder, attempted murder,
assault and drug dealing.
The gang left
one rival dead outside a Brooklyn bodega, and injured an innocent bystander
sitting on a folding chair outside a home, according to the police.
The GS9
members were cited in various shootings in New York City as well as a Miami,
Florida nightclub, authorities said.
Police also
seized 21 guns during the investigation.
The
22-year-old has also been hit with charges of conspiracy to commit murder in a
separate case after he allegedly tried to sneak a knife into Rikers Island with
the help of a woman believed to be his girlfriend.
Shmurda has
also filed a false-arrest lawsuit in response to a separate incident in June,
after police knocked on the door of his friend’s home.
The suit
claims the cops didn’t have a search warrant and mocked him by singing his
lyrics during the arrest.
Shmurda’s
criminal history included two arrests for gun and drug possession, authorities
said.
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