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NBA YoungBoy’s Charges Dropped From 63 To 48, He’ll Remain Jailed
The 63 Charges That NBA YoungBoy Are Facing Have Been Dropped To 48
NBA YoungBoy will reportedly remain behind bars in Utah pending a preliminary hearing next month on accusations that he posed as a doctor and tried to dupe various pharmacies into selling him a codeine-laden cough suppressant subject to abuse.
During a brief hearing on Monday, a judge set a hearing for May 9. A Cache County official told WBRZ that the rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, will remain behind bars at least until that hearing.
The Baton Rouge rapper’s lawyers reserved the right to make a bail argument that day, the Utah official said. Gaulden, 24, was being allowed to live in Utah while awaiting trial on a drug and gun charge in Baton Rouge.
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According to the report reaching us at Dreddsworld, NBA YoungBoy’s charges have been dropped from 63 to 48. Utah officials initially listed 63 charges against Gaulden, but the Cache County docket on Monday morning showed only 48.
Prosecutors allege identity fraud, forgery and obtaining or attempting to obtain prescription drugs illegally.
In a detailed affidavit, a Utah detective said that, with others helping, Gaulden impersonated a real doctor to illegally obtain a codeine-loaded cough suppressant.
YB reportedly called in for a prescription for a 74-year-old woman to a pharmacy in Utah and provided the pharmacist with “an actual, valid DEA number, NPI number and other identification for the real physician.”
After Utah and federal officials arrested Gaulden this month, a Baton Rouge federal judge voided his house arrest and asked that he be returned to Louisiana to face charges if Utah releases him.
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