A Utah decide set NBA YoungBoy’s bond at $100,000 at a listening to in his prescription drug fraud case on Thursday (Could 9). His arraignment was scheduled for July 1, per WBRZ.
NBA YoungBoy, whose actual identify is Kentrell Gaulden, was nonetheless in custody following the courtroom look. Final month, a Louisiana decide ordered him to be detained by the feds till a bond revocation listening to in a separate gun case.
The 24-year-old rapper was arrested on a number of costs in April. Investigators accused NBA YoungBoy of illegally acquiring promethazine with codeine from Utah pharmacies.
NBA YoungBoy was charged with identification fraud, forgery and illegally acquiring or trying to acquire prescribed drugs. He allegedly pretended to be a physician to prescribe promethazine to non-existent sufferers.
The Baton Rouge native was busted for prescription drug fraud whereas on home arrest in his federal gun case. The Cache County Sheriff’s Workplace caught him posing as an aged girl named “Gwendolyn Cox” throughout its investigation. NBA YoungBoy’s accent uncovered him in cellphone calls with authorities.
“In the course of the dialog with ‘Gwendolyn’ it was very clear {that a} faux voice was getting used,” a Cache County investigator defined. ‘Gwendolyn’ sounded as if she was a a lot youthful male from the southern states … Kentrell Gaulden continued to try to additional the prescription fraud by speaking in regards to the prescription and saying ‘she on the hospital mattress,’ referring to the affected person ‘Gwendolyn Cox’ from the day gone by. Additionally of worth to notice, Kentrell Gaulden used the phrase ‘Axe’ as a substitute of ask, that is just like my dialog with ‘Gwendolyn’ the evening earlier than when ‘Gwendolyn’ used the identical phrase. Based mostly on my coaching and expertise and having lived within the Southern United States, utilizing the time period ‘Axe’ rather than ask is a standard southern dialect.”
NBA YoungBoy’s legal professionals requested a decide to delay his federal gun trial following his drug arrest. The trial was scheduled to start in July.
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