Rapper Gucci Mane Kidnapped by Pooh Shiesty: Feds

We have a bombshell new legal case on. our hands. The alleged robbery and. kidnapping of rapper Gucci Mane. This. case should serve as a warning to others. who believe that using violence and. intimidation tactics to rob others in. our community is a viable way to conduct. business. I'm here to say that it is not. and that if you choose to do this, we'll. bring you swiftly to justice. Wait until. you hear not only the allegations, but. the evidence, surveillance, Instagram. accounts, fingerprints. It is something. to say the least. We have the [music].

criminal complaint that lays out. everything and we're going to break it. all down for you right now. Welcome to. Sidebar presented by Law & Crime. I'm. Jesse Weber. Okay, I have to share this. Some really. exciting news, okay? We have spent so. much time together here at Law & Crime. obsessing over every wild twist, late-night case that we wanted to find a. way to get you even closer to the. action. That is why we're finally. launching Law & Crime Plus. This is your. new go-to spot for thousands of hours of. commercial-free episodes and exclusive. case files where you can really dive.

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released statement, quote, "This week. nine individuals, including well-known. musical artists, were federally charged. for kidnapping and robbing at gunpoint. numerous victims at a music studio in. Dallas, Texas," announced United States. Attorney for the Northern District of. Texas, Ryan Reebold. "Eight of the nine. were arrested in Dallas, Texas and. Memphis, Tennessee. The charged. defendants include Lonny Williams Jr. aka Pooh Shiesty, Lonny Williams Sr., Rodney Wright Jr. aka Big 30, Kadarius.

Waters, Terrance Rogers, Demarian. Gibson, DeMarcus Glover, Cordarius. Johnson, Darian McDaniel." Actually, by. the way, there was a press conference. held yesterday and I want you to listen. to that moment where they talk about. that one person who was missing in this, right? So, these people were charged, but not everybody had been arrested. So, this is United States Attorney for the. Northern District of Texas, Ryan. Reebold. One of the individuals that's. been charged has not had his initial. appearance yet, but agents are actively. working to locate and bring him to.

court. You can I wanted to touch on that. actually. Eric Bushman, KRLD. Since. there's one person you're still trying. to get to come in, I guess it's not a. matter of press at his initial. appearance. You had said that you're. trying to. Because you're going public with this, are you afraid at all that that's going. to hinder eventually getting the. individual in? Um agents are working to find him. The. complaint has already been unsealed and. a number of these defendants have had. their public hearing already, their. initial appearance. And and so it's. already out there that this individual.

is has been charged. And so that. information is in the public record, but. I trust that the agents will be able to. identify this person and find them and. bring them to justice. Of course, that. person can turn themselves in. immediately. >> And I have a 32-page criminal complaint. that was filed in the United States. District Court for the Northern District. of Texas that I'm going to break down. for you as simply as possible. I want. you to know the allegations, the. potential evidence, the parties, okay? Gives you an idea about what this case.

is about. And I got to say this before I. even get into it. You're going to. understand after I go through this why. these individuals were arrested in light. of this alleged evidence, but but but. but all of them are innocent until. proven guilty. I got to say that because. again, you're going to listen to this. and you might be saying, "Wow, the. evidence against them is arguably really. bad." But nothing has been proven as of. yet. Okay, with that caveat, let's get. into it. So, this is an affidavit. It is. a sworn statement from an FBI special.

agent in support of a criminal. complaint. And this is the statement of. probable cause that crimes were. committed, okay? It starts by claiming. that on January 10th, 2026, the victims, who are only identified by initials by. the way, and they include RD, which we. have to assume is Gucci Mane because his. real name is Radric Davis, they say they. were robbed and kidnapped at gunpoint at. a music studio in Dallas, Texas. Now,

there was apparently a scheduled meeting. between RD and suspect Lonny Williams. Jr. And apparently, this hip-hop artist. is known as Pooh Shiesty and he was. reportedly signed to RD's record label. 1017 Records. Now, this meeting was. reportedly about a contract dispute. This is again according to prosecutors. And it seems that Williams Williams Jr. wanted out. So, the affidavit claims. that when RD and the other alleged. victims in this case and others go into. this office building, they realize it's.

closed. So, Williams Sr., this is. apparently Williams Jr.'s father, was. apparently trying to book a recording. studio that day for his son and for RD. to record music. Williams Sr. was. apparently talking to this unidentified. individual just known as JN, another. player in this, who owns the studio. It's inside this office building. So, now you get the geography, what we're. talking about here. So, the affidavit. includes apparent stills from. surveillance footage that arguably shows.

Williams Sr. speaking to someone on the. phone outside the building. I'm going to. give you a little preview here. There. are a lot of stills, a lot of stills in. this criminal complaint. And by the way, that helps corroborate the details. It. helps corroborate the timeline. It helps. corroborate the events that are laid. out. When you have reportedly. timestamped stills of this surveillance. video. Now, an assistant reportedly. arrives to help with production at 3:39. p.m. that day and the affidavit claims. that this father-and-son duo, the. Williams Williamses Williams, is arguing.

with somebody on the phone, okay? They're arguing. And I'm going to read. you this verbatim. Quote, "At. approximately 3:43 p.m., Williams Jr. and Williams Sr., Wright, Johnson, Waters, Rogers, Gibson, Glover, and. McDaniel entered the east side of the. office building. The target suspects. walk through the lobby area of the. office building before going inside the. studio. One individual with a dreadlock. hairstyle, later identified as Gibson,

can be seen on video exiting the office. building and shortly thereafter. returning with a bag slung over his. shoulder." Again, embedded in this. complaint are the apparent surveillance. stills, okay? Now, the affidavit claims they go into. the studio where the victims were, the. alleged victims were, and there are. stills by the way they include of the. studio lobby, the control room, the. recording room. And at one point, it is. alleged that Williams Jr., who is by the. way, this is I was blown away by this.

detail, was allegedly wearing an ankle. monitor, okay? Goes to speak to RD. privately about the contract. I'll talk. about the ankle monitor in a second. But. there is allegedly an argument and it. ends up with Williams Jr. being accused. of taking out a black AK-style pistol. and pointing it at RD, allegedly. demanding he sign the contract release. paperwork. Now, RD allegedly complied, signed it. Again, we're assuming this is. Gucci Mane. And there is the claim that.

RD. seemingly Gucci Mane, was not allowed to. leave as he was being held at gunpoint. There are allegations that Wright. allegedly recorded RD signing the. paperwork and being forced to say he. released Williams Jr. from the contract. And then afterwards, it's alleged that. Williams Jr. took RD's wedding ring and. watch and earrings and cash. I do wonder. if they have that video, okay? I do. wonder if they have that. But I'm going. to read you verbatim again from the. complaint. "Waters, Rogers, Johnson, Glover, Mc Daniel, and Gibson produced.

handguns or AR-AK-style pistols and. began to demand property from BP and MM. BP was pushed onto a couch in the. control room while an individual known. to BP as CMO Damn Fool and part of. Williams Jr.'s crew searched his pockets. and stole his wallet. BP's chain and a. necklace were stolen from his neck. McDaniel threatened to shoot BP for. moving, but Williams Jr. instructed. McDaniel not to. MM was choked from behind to the point.

of nearly losing consciousness during. the kidnapping and robbery, resulting in. scratches on his neck and wrist." Now, embedded in the complaint are what. appear to be photos seemingly showing. cuts or abrasions on MM's neck and. wrist. And there is a claim that his. wallet and watches and a Louis Vuitton. bag and headphones were stolen. And if. you're wondering about the security, right? Didn't they have security with. them? Well, the claim is that the. victim's security realized they were. outnumbered and outgunned. Goes on to.

say, quote, "RD was pushed onto the. couch in the control room." Again, we're. talking seemingly about Gucci Mane, "causing the victims to believe they. were going to be executed. Williams Jr. placed the barrel of a firearm to the. back of BP's head and ordered him and RD. to leave the control room and the studio. through the west entrance of the office. building. RD then instructed CW and TD. to escort them to their vehicle. As the. victims left, MM turned to Williams Jr. and asked him if they were really taking. his watches." Based on later recovered.

surveillance video footage, the target. suspects left the studio and the office. building through the east entrance at. approximately 4:48 p.m. And from there, the affidavit lays out the photos of the. alleged suspects reportedly leaving the. building and also the cars that were. believed to be connected to them. traveling northbound. Now, how did they. find the alleged suspects? So, this is. really interesting. We're going to start. with vehicle identification. So, the. affidavit claims that Wright's father. owns a 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat with.

uh Tennessee plates. The authorities apparently use license. plate readers to track the Charger. following another car, a Dodge Ram. We're talking about 2:18 p.m. on January. 10th. And they claim that that Dodge Ram. looks like the one on surveillance video. near the crime scene later that. afternoon. They apparently use license. plate readers to also link the Charger. traveling very close to a white Buick. Enclave. And using rental records, they. determine that the Enclave was rented by.

William Sr. Let's go to electronic. location monitoring. Remember when I. said the ankle monitor for Williams Jr.? Well, apparently, he was serving a. sentence for federal drug and weapons. charges. Home detention, had to wear an. electronic monitoring device. So, they're able to use location data from. that device to seemingly track his. apparent movements near the crime scene. And then the affidavit claims that. William Sr. and Williams Jr. went to a.

Staples store earlier in the day. Why? The allegation is to print off the. contractual release paperwork, which. again was a key part of this whole. alleged dispute and incident. Now, the. feds say surveillance video and GPS data. put them there. Cell phone records. You. know these are always key in a criminal. investigation, right? I'm going to read. you verbatim what it says. Stay with me. This is a big part. Investigators. obtained cell phone records for Williams. Jr., William Sr., Wright, Johnson,

[snorts] Waters, Rogers, and Gibson. And. telematics location data and records for. the Dodge Charger Hellcat and the Dodge. Ram. Records indicate Wright, Johnson, Waters, Rogers, and Gibson traveled. together from Memphis, Tennessee to. Dallas, Texas in the Dodge Charger. Hellcat and the Dodge Ram. They left. Memphis on January 8th, 2026 and arrived. in Dallas in the early morning hours of. January 9th, 2026. The data from. Glover's electronic monitoring device. aligns with these cell phone records. On.

January 10th, 2026 from approximately. 2:28 p.m. to approximately 2:46 p.m., Williams Jr., William Sr., Wright, Johnson, Waters, Rogers, Gibson, the. Dodge Charger Hellcat, and the Dodge Ram. were in the area of the Winrose Tower, a. location William Jr. resided prior to. moving. They all traveled together to. the area of offense location, meaning. the crime scene, arriving at. approximately 3:00 p.m. The data from. William Jr.'s electronic monitoring.

device and location information for the. Buick Enclave align with the cell phone. records. William Jr., William Sr., Wright, Waters, Rogers, Gibson, the. Dodge Charger Hellcat, and the Dodge Ram. traveled together from the area of the. offense location, leaving at. approximately 4:50 p.m. to the area of. the Star in Frisco, Texas, arriving at. approximately 5:07 p.m. Look how exact. this is. William Jr., William Sr., Wright, Johnson, Waters, Rogers, and. Gibson utilized towers with coverage.

that includes the Star until. approximately 9:30 p.m. The data from. William Jr.'s electronic monitoring. device and location information for the. Buick Enclave aligned with the cell. phone records. Wright, Johnson, Waters, Rogers, Gibson, the Dodge Charger. Hellcat, and the Dodge Ram. I'm I have. to keep repeating it cuz I think it's. important that you identify the. different parties here and the different. sources of location. Travel together. from the area of the Star in Frisco to. the area of the Comfort Inn, where they. remained overnight. William Jr. and.

William Sr. remained in the area of the. Star overnight. Goes on to say, cell. phone records indicate that on January. 13th, 2026, Wright, Johnson, and Waters. traveled together with the Dodge Ram. from Dallas, Texas to Memphis, Tennessee. So, if these allegations are. true, you are seeing firsthand in detail. how difficult it is in 2026 in an urban. environment to commit a crime and not be. tracked. This is a digital world, digital prosecution, and it can be very. tough for defense attorneys to argue.

against the reliability of this data, particularly if you're combining. different forms of data, cell phone with. surveillance, with GPS monitoring, right? But you heard the Comfort Inn. By. the way, according to the affidavit, the. Comfort Inn records confirm, or. allegedly confirm, that Gibson paid for. four rooms at the hotel. So, now you. have financial records documentation. Investigators reviewed surveillance. footage from the Comfort Inn and. observed Wright, Johnson, Waters,

Rogers, Gibson, Glover, McDaniel inside. the Comfort Inn, all clad in clothing. similar to what the suspects in the. kidnapping and robbery appeared to be. wearing. And in the affidavit are. literal side-by-side comparisons of the. alleged players, what they were. seemingly wearing at the crime scene. versus what they were seemingly wearing. at the Comfort Inn. Again, all. allegations, but you see why this is. building up. Now, there's also a section. about how investigators found prints.

So, we're talking fingerprints, latent. prints, of Gibson and Rogers on these. red Solo cups, too, that were apparently. left at the crime scene. We move on to. social media. This one's. next level, okay? So, apparently. investigators compared the descriptions. of William Jr. from the victims, like. how they described him, to an Instagram. account @pooshieshysty. And. investigators say it shows a match. And. they end up doing that for William Sr.

and Wright and Waters and how even there. are photos apparently of them together. online and how they even match state IDs. with these accounts, too. And I got to. call out Rogers here. Quote, "On. surveillance footage from the offense. location, the individual believed to be. Rogers can be seen exiting the building. carrying what appears to be the Louis. Vuitton bag MM reportedly stole him." On. January 15th, 2026, so just a few days. later, Rogers posted a video on. @damfool375. showing him wearing a Rolex GMT-Master.

II with an oyster steel band that. appears visually similar to the watch. stolen from MM, who provided. investigators with photographs, a. receipt, and the serial number for the. stolen watch. Additional posts on. @damfool375 show Rogers wearing shoes. similar to those he wore during the. offense. And they embed photos allegedly showing. this, too. From Glover's Instagram, here's a. sample. January 11th, 2026, a story.

featuring a large amount of cash, a. Rolex visually similar to the one stolen. from MM, and a location tag of Dallas, Texas. January 17th, 2026, a story. showing Glover with a Rolex that appears. identical to the one stolen from MM. stating he got a new rope, believed to. be slang for watches or necklaces. January 19th, 2026, videos of Glover. wearing a necklace with a 1017 pendant. that appears identical to the one stolen.

from BP. So, the allegation being you. didn't only steal all this, you flaunted. it. Now, defense attorneys would say not. the same necklace, they own this. These. are kind of rare items, though, particularly talking about that Rolex. And I'm sure they could have a dispute. about whether or not these items were. actually stolen or not. But again, timing, circumstances, the potential rarity of these items, something to keep in mind. Innocent. until proven guilty, problematic. Now, something else that I have to note.

that may be used as evidence later on. So, when you apparently go to these. guys' like Instagram pages, from what I could see, they're pretty. much scrubbed. They might have a couple. posts still up, but that appears to be. it. You know, Shiesty still has a lot on. it, so it's kind of hard to tell if. stuff is gone from that. But if. prosecutors can prove that they deleted. stuff to potentially destroy evidence or. try to hide from authorities, that would be interesting. Now, I could. be wrong. Maybe it was deleted.

after. their arrest for some reason or after. the charges. I don't really know, but. it's something I've noticed. And then in. this paperwork, they do something that I. think is really interesting and I'll. just say kind of refreshing because in. this criminal complaint, at least for my. analysis purposes, they really list out the evidence. against each defendant very clearly. So, for example, Lantrell Williams Jr., eyewitness accounts state that William. Jr. brought RD into the recording studio. and demanded that RD sign the release.

contract at gunpoint before taking RD's. wedding ring, watch, earrings, and cash. Eyewitness accounts also place William. Jr. in the room when the additional. kidnapping and robberies of MM and BP. occurred. Cell phone records, electronic. location monitoring, and surveillance. footage place William Jr. at the offense. location. Electronic location monitoring. data also places William Jr. at a. Staples location with his father, believed to be printing the termination. contract prior to arriving at the. offense location. And they do this again. for every one of the defendants. And.

then it goes on to say, "Based on the. facts set forth above, there is probable. cause to believe that on January 10th, 2026 in the Dallas Division of the. Northern District of Texas, Demarcus. Glover, Demarian Gibson, Cordae Johnson, Darian McDaniel, Terrance Rogers, Kadarius Waters, Lantrell Williams Jr., Lantrell Williams Sr., and Rodney Wright. Jr. conspired to and committed. kidnapping in violation of 18 USC 1201 A. and C." By the way, when you hear like. that they're together in the same room. while other.

while there's other robberies going on, that's that's the agreement, right? Conspiracy is an agreement to commit a. crime. And you know, what were the overt. steps taken in furtherance of that. agreement. And my understanding, if. convicted, each defendant faces a. sentence of up to life imprisonment. This is again according to the DOJ. I. mentioned this before, I'll mention it. There was a press conference that was. held and it happened yesterday. I want. to play you some more sound from it, okay? Fills in some of the details. And. again, this is the United States.

Attorney when asked about the victims. and I think it's interesting what he. says. This case really underscores the. importance of standing up for crime. victims, no matter who they are or where. they come from. Um, and the incredible, incredible. collaborative investigative partnerships. that we have not only in Northern. District of Texas, but across the. country. And we are all working together. to make our country safer. As far as. victims go, we won't get into at this. time who the victims are or not. I'm not. going to get into the victim stuff uh at.

this time. I I think that more will be. coming out there that will help clarify, but I'm not at liberty at this stage of. the investigation to disclose that. Yes, so at the time of this recording, authorities haven't come out and. absolutely said this allegedly happened. to Gucci Mane. There are protections of. victims in every state and every. prosecution, so you have to keep that in. mind. But, you know how I mentioned the. evidence, right? This is the US Attorney. talking about that evidence and the. punishment. That was one of the reasons. I wanted to list off some of the uh.

evidence that has been uncovered to. date. A lot of this was subpoena work, search warrant work and things like that. in order to uh develop the. investigation. And so, um. the agents here with me, the agents out. in the field, it takes a little bit of. time to identify who did this offense. and build a case so that we feel. comfortable bringing the charges. So, actually, that was that's pretty quickly. for a federal case of that of this. gravity and this nature. And so, I'm. very proud of the investigative work uh. and it will continue uh from this office. as well as our FBI and our local police.

department. If convicted of these. charges, these arrests, um. uh custody of these persons, what type. of sentence do these people face? Th- They're They're facing a range. So, there's no mandatory minimum in this. case. It's a range of punishment and. it'll be in the province of the judge, whoever gets the case. Uh but, it could. be from zero all the way to life. imprisonment. And as you know, a lot of. what will will guide what's called the. sentencing guidelines will be um the. individual's previous criminal history,

the fact that one of these individuals. committed the offense while on home. confinement, so actually serving a. federal offense, um assuming that. individual is convicted, that will be an. aggravating factor, for sure. Big case, big developments, big evidence. We'll. continue to monitor what happens next. But, that's all we have here right now. here on Sidebar, everybody. Thank you so. much for joining us. And as always, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple. Podcast, Spotify, wherever you get your. podcast. You can also check us out on. [music] NBC's Peacock as well. If you. want to follow me, X, Instagram, my.

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