Hopewell, VA – Juelz Santana has ficially begun serving his 27-month jail sentence. In keeping with the Federal Bureau Prisons web site, the Dipset member (actual identify LaRon L. James) is presently an inmate at FCI Petersburg Medium in Hopewell, Virginia.
He checked in on Friday (March 1) after putting a plea deal in his medication and weapons case, one thing he addressed on an episode Love & Hip Hop: New York.
The 37-year-old rap vet was arrested final March after safety at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport discovered a loaded gun and oxycodone drugs in his carry-on bag. He initially fled the scene however ultimately turned himself in to police a couple of days later.
He finally pleaded responsible to illegal possession a weapon and possession a managed harmful substance.
Final month, Santana married his longtime girlfriend Kimbella Vanderhee, who will presumably be ready for him on the opposite aspect.
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A New Jersey choose ficially handed down Juelz Santana’s sentence in his airport gun case on Wednesday morning (December 20).
In keeping with NorthJersey.com, the Love & Hip Hop: New York star will spend 27 months behind bars for trying to convey a loaded weapon by Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport in March. Santana pleaded responsible to weapon possession by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an plane in August. He finally agreed to a plea deal.
Whereas out on bail, Santana was intently watched by authorities. Though he had a set curfew, he was allowed to journey for work.
In a current episode Love & Hip Hop, the Dipset rapper revealed he’d be going away for 27-37 months, which was evidently extraordinarily correct.
The date he begins his sentence hasn’t been decided.
Santana was having a productive 12 months previous to this. Final month, not solely did Dipset launch its first album in 14 years, Diplomatic Ties, however Santana additionally received engaged to his longtime girlfriend Kimbella Vanderhee.
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Juelz Santana goes away for no less than two years and a few change. Throughout Monday evening’s (December 10) episode Love & Hip Hop: New York, Santana headed to courtroom for sentencing in his weapons case.
Earlier than Santana goes in, he explains to his fiancée and co-star Kimbella that the plea deal would land him behind bars for 27-37 months, but when he headed to trial and was discovered responsible, he may obtain 47 to 57 months.
“This entire scenario has been an awesome nightmare,” he says. “And even now, it’s coming all the way down to the wire, and I nonetheless don’t know what choice I’m going to make.”
After Santana emerges from courtroom, he explains why he determined to take the deal, which he’d been negotiating since August.
“So I made a decision to take the plea,” he says. “I felt prefer it was the least egocentric selection for my household. I nonetheless don’t haven’t any full closure as a result of on the finish the day, I do know the ultimate choice is on the choose. He may give me extra time than I agreed on. Simply once I felt like I used to be going to be getting some closure, the issues simply begun.”
Again in March, the Dipset rapper fled the authorities after Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport safety discovered a loaded .38-caliber handgun and unprescribed Oxycodone drugs in a carry-on bag together with his identification tag inside the baggage.
Santana ultimately turned himself in and was charged with carrying a firearm on an plane and possessing a weapon as a beforehand convicted felon.
Elsewhere within the episode, Kimbella confronts Santana about his drug dependancy and opens up about how his trial his affecting their household.
Watch the clip beneath.