Pooh Shiesty's home searched by FBI after prison release
Federal agents served "court-authorized warrants" at a home belonging to the Southern hip-hop artist, who was released from prison in October.
Lucas FintonThe Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search at a Tennessee home belonging to Pooh Shiesty, six months after the rapper's release from prison.
FBI agents served "court-authorized warrants" at a Cordova residence the morning of April 1, an FBI spokesperson confirmed to The Commercial Appeal, part of the USA TODAY Network. That address, according to property records, was purchased by Shiesty in April 2023.
The FBI would not confirm the names of those it was serving warrants for, saying the U.S. Attorney's office had discretion over naming those targeted in the investigation.
"This office generally will not confirm the existence of or otherwise comment about ongoing investigations, until and unless formal charges are publicly filed," Mike Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, said in a statement.
Representatives for Pooh Shiesty were not available for comment at the time of publication.
Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams Jr., was brought up on federal firearms charges in Florida in 2021. The rapper pleaded guilty to a firearms conspiracy charge in January 2022, tied to allegations that he shot a man in a Florida hotel in 2020.
According to charging documents, in July 2020, Shiesty was inside a car in Memphis, Tennessee, when someone opened fire on a gas station. A few months later, prosecutors accused the rapper of being part of a group that shot two people and stole drugs and high-end sneakers at a hotel in Bay Harbor Islands, a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
In April 2022, a federal judge in Miami sentenced Shiesty to 63 months, roughly five years, in prison for the charge, to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to court documents filed in the Southern District of Florida.
Shiesty, who was 22 at the time of sentencing, faced up to 20 years in prison for the crime. Under a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop three other charges filed against him, including a gun charge with a potential life prison sentence.
The rapper was released from prison in October, according to records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons previously reviewed by USA TODAY.
Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY