Pooh Shiesty’s alleged kidnapping of Gucci Mane is playing out in federal court, and its latest step involves his co-defendant Big30, who was granted $100,000 bond by a federal judge, only to see the order immediately stayed.
On Monday (April 6), Big30, real name Rodney Wright Jr., appeared in front of a federal judge in Tennessee, the state where he was arrested, along with six of the case’s other co-defendants. Pooh himself was arrested in Texas, where the alleged incident took place.
This geographic divide meant that a number of the co-defendants, including Big30, faced a magistrate judge in Tennessee to determine whether they’d be free until appearing in court in Texas.
On Monday, Wright was granted bond by Magistrate Judge Annie T. Christoff. However, at the government’s request, she issued a temporary stay, delaying her order from taking effect until the following afternoon.
The government followed up the next day by asking to continue the delay until it could fully argue, in front of the Texas judge who is overseeing the case, that the decision should be revoked. Prosecutors argued that the decision needed to be reversed because of “the seriousness of the defendant’s offense conduct, his criminal history, and the potential danger that the defendant poses to the community.”
Texas District Court Judge Ed Kinkeade ruled that same day that Big30 would remain locked up and would be transported to Texas.
Now it’s up to both sides to argue to Kinkeade about whether Big30 should be let out on bail. The government has to make its argument by April 13, and Big30 has a week after that to respond.
Pooh’s father, Lontrell Williams Sr., also charged in the case, faced a similar situation of having bond granted in Tennessee, and then having the order stayed until another judge can take a look.
Pooh and eight other people, including Big30 and Williams Sr., are accused of robbing Gucci at a Dallas recording studio, and forcing him at gunpoint to sign paperwork releasing Pooh from his contract with 1017 Records.
