Feds file new federal gun charge against Baton Rouge rapper NBA ...

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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. (WAFB) - Rapper NBA YoungBoy has picked up a new felony gun charge in Utah just days after he agreed to move his 2020 federal gun case out of Baton Rouge to Utah to enter a guilty plea.

Court documents show that federal prosecutors filed a new felon in possession of a firearm charge against the rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, in the United States District Court for the District of Utah Monday, August 19.

The charge stems from Gaulden’s arrest in April. Authorities said the rapper and others used fake names to scam pharmacies across Utah into providing them with drugs as part of a “large-scale prescription drug fraud ring.”

The court documents say Gaulden’s arrest and the investigation revealed that the rapper illegally possessed a Sig Sauer P365 9mm semi-automatic pistol.

Gaulden is considered a felon as part of a 2016 shootout case and is banned from possessing firearms and ammunition.

He also faces state charges in Utah as part of the same investigation before judges in Cache County and Weber County.

The next court date in Weber County is set for August 29. The next court date in Cache County is scheduled for September 23.

The new charge was filed just days after Gaulden agreed to have his 2020 Baton Rouge gun case transferred to Utah to enter a guilty plea and move forward to sentencing.

In that case, federal prosecutors charged the rapper with a count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon rooted in a 2020 music video shoot in Baton Rouge.

Police arrested the rapper and more than a dozen others after receiving a call that the group was showing off guns on Choctaw Drive.

Police said that Gaulden was in possession of a 9mm handgun as well as a .45-caliber Glock.

Gaulden must enter a guilty plea in that case now that the case has been transferred to Utah or else it will be transferred back to the Middle District of Louisiana and could proceed to trial.

Having the case moved to Utah is strictly out of convenience for the rapper and his legal team since he is facing the other criminal charges in Cache County and Weber County and is being held in custody in Utah.

The range of punishment for the charge is up to 10 years in prison, fines, and a period of supervised release.

It is not common that federal judges sentence offenders to the max.

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