Rapper Young Sag arrested on gang-related charges-nationwide

According to prison records, Atlanta rapper Young Sag was one of 28 people charged with street gangs on Monday in Georgia and violated state RICO law.

The US Judgment Commission defines RICO as the act of “providing criminal charges for squirming activities as part of an ongoing criminal organization.”

A rapper named Jeffrey Lamar Williams was arrested at his home in Buckhead, near Atlanta, just north of downtown. He is detained in Fulton County Prison.

Conspiracy accusations date back to 2013 and gang accusations date back to 2018.

Young Sag has been charged with 56 indictments, according to WSB-TV reporter Michael Saiden. In the 88-page indictment, the reporter claimed that “there are some very serious allegations.” This includes accusations that the rapper rented a 2014 Infiniti Q50 sedan that was used to commission the killing of rival gang member Donovan Thomas Jr. , 2015.

According to the indictment, Young Sag is one of the three founders of Young Slime Life, a “criminal street gang that began in late 2012” in Atlanta. Officials said YSL is affiliated with Bloods gangs across the country. Accusations include “maintaining, protecting and strengthening a company’s reputation, power and territory through assaults such as murder, assault and threats of violence.”

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Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel, told local media: Williams did not commit any crime, “and he said,” I will fight to his last drop of blood to wipe him out. “

He will appear for the first time on Tuesday at 11:30 am.

Also charged on Monday were Atlanta rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, and aspiring rapper Christian Eppinger, who was already in jail, allegedly shooting and killing Atlanta police officers six times in February. I did. It was not immediately known if Ganna, who was accused of conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO law, was arrested.

In April 2021, Young Thug and Gunna paid bail to 30 inmates who could not afford to pay for themselves.

Young Stoner’s record label is called YSL Records or Young Stoner Life Records.The label calls the artist part of the “Slime Family” and the compilation album is Slime Language 2 It reached number one on the chart in April 2021.

— Using Global News Sarah DoCouto files