Pooh Shiesty released early from federal prison after roughly 3 years

Memphis rapper Lontrell D. Williams Jr., known professionally as Pooh Shiesty, was released early from federal prison in early October after serving roughly three years of a 63-month sentence tied to a 2020 shooting and related firearms charges in Florida, records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons show and social media footage indicates. Videos circulating online on October 6 show the artist at a welcome-home gathering with friends and fellow Memphis rappers, and additional clips suggest he and associates were filming and celebrating as he resumed life outside custody.

Prosecutors say the case stems from an October 2020 incident in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, in which members of Williams’s group allegedly brandished firearms, assaulted two victims and departed with marijuana, codeine and sneakers. One man was shot in the buttocks, authorities said. Williams initially faced multiple state and federal counts, including a charge that carried a potential life sentence. In January 2022 he pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of violent and drug‑trafficking crimes; under a plea agreement the other federal charges were dismissed. He was...