The Arkansas rapper has been sentenced to 150 months in prison for firearms and drug trafficking

On November 2, 2024By Littum

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – An Arkansas rapper will spend the next 12 years in federal prison after being convicted of multiple offenses.

After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Freddie “Bankroll Freddie” Gladney III guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and one cases of using a telephone in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

On top of the 12-year sentence, U.S. District Judge James Moody, Jr. Gladney to three years of supervised release without parole. Gladney is also expected to pay a $242,000 money judgment as part of his sentence.

Back on April 14, 2022, an Arkansas State Police trooper conducted a traffic stop in Marion after the trooper observed a speeding truck.

The trooper noticed “the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle” and asked Gladney to get out of the vehicle.

As Gladney began to exit the vehicle, he began to go back inside and reach for something. The troops then forcibly removed him after he refused to leave the vehicle.

Officers recovered two firearms, one known as a “ghost gun.” Additionally, during the search, officers also found a bag containing 21.4 pounds of high-grade marijuana and $33,662, along with seven magazines that were extended and fully loaded.

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