Rapper Fetty Wap arrested and charged with conspiring to distribute drugs
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Rapper Fetty Wap was accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar bicoastal drug scheme, authorities announced Friday. He pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in federal court on New York's Long Island and will remain in custody.
The rapper, whose legal name is William Junior Maxwell II, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances, including cocaine, fentanyl and heroin, in an indictment unsealed Friday. Maxwell was charged with five others, including a New Jersey corrections officer, who were arrested over the past four weeks and are being detained pending trial.
"The fact that we arrested a chart-topping rap artist and a corrections officer as part of the conspiracy illustrates just how vile the drug trade has become," Michael Driscoll, assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York Field Office, said in a statement.
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