Rapper Fetty Wap has been arrested this morning in Newark, New Jersey, on violations of pretrial release in his federal drug charges case, Fox News Digital has learned.
Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York accused the rapper, whose legal name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, of threatening an individual, who has not been identified, on FaceTime and threatening to kill that person while displaying what appeared to be a firearm during that call.
“In the call, the defendant possessed a gun, threatened to kill him, and called an individual a ‘rat,’ despite the fact that this was a direct violation of both state law and the conditions of his release,” says the FBI’s Special Agent Derek Wonderland in a court affidavit. The government sought revocation of his $500,000 bond at a court hearing at Central Islip federal court this afternoon.
Fetty Wap was first arrested on the case on Oct. 28, 2021, and was held without bail initially, but about a week later senior U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert granted the defendant’s bond application. At the time, the artist pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances.
