Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond was apprehended in New York City on Tuesday, June 21st. The hip hop mogul and alleged drug trafficker was taken into custody by agents of the DEA. Henchmen was wanted by the Feds in connection to a cocaine trafficking network. The New York Post detailed how the arrest went down.
"The hip-hop mogul spotted the agents at about noon as he walked out of the W Hotel in Union Square, sources said. Once on the street, Rosemond walked north and tried to outrun the agents until he was finally arrested on 21st Street and Park Avenue South.
The US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn charged Rosemond in a complaint today with orchestrating the delivery of multiple kilos of cocaine from Los Angeles to the New York City metropolitan area. Millions of dollars in drug proceeds went from New York back to California, the complaint charged."
A report by Reuters says Henchmen may be facing some very stiff sentencing.
"Rosemond, 46, the CEO and co-founder of Czar Entertainment, is scheduled to make his initial appearance in Brooklyn federal court, following his arrest Tuesday morning by U.S. Marshals and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on the charges, according to federal prosecutors."
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED:
Czar Entertainment boss Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond, who manages the careers of the Game, among others, was reportedly on the run on Tuesday (May 17) after federal authorities issued an arrest warrant for him in connection with a drug case.
The New York Post reported that the warrant was issued last week after the feds indicted Rosemond for his alleged involvement in a cocaine distribution ring. At press time, the paper said Rosemond had not yet been found and that an unnamed law enforcement source confirmed that there was a fugitive warrant out for the hip-hop mogul.
Just hours after the story broke, Rosemond's lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, told MTV News that he had not seen the arrest warrant or indictment but that he was aware of the case. "I've spoke to Jimmy and this is not a surprise," he said. "We've been defending this in the pre-indictment stage for years now."
What he was surprised by, though, was that he did not know about the arrest warrant until he read about it in the New York tabloid. Lichtman said that considering the narcotics investigation has been going on for an unspecified number of years, he knew it was "inevitable" that charges would be brought, but that he didn't know when it might happen.
"I don't dispute the fact that there is an arrest warrant, but I haven't seen it," he said. "I suppose they're looking for him now, and when they find him, the case will start." Asked if Rosemond would turn himself in to face the charges, Lichtman said he did not know.
Rosemond has a colorful past, and last year, the New York Daily Newsreported that he had been named in court records as an informant for state and federal law enforcement officials dating back to the mid-1990s. His former lawyers requested leniency in a Los Angeles gun case against Rosemond by citing his repeated cooperation with authorities.
In 2008, Rosemond called for the firing of former Los Angeles Timesreporter Chuck Phillips after the journalist implicated Rosemond in an article claiming that he was among the men behind the 1994 ambush of late rapper Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio.
The previous year, Rosemond's then-14-year-old son was allegedly roughed up by G-Unit member Tony Yayo as part of an alleged ongoing beef between G-Unit and Czar, who split ways in 2005; the charges against Yayo were dropped a year later when he pleaded to a lesser crime of noncriminal harassment.
WEEKS LATER A MAN DOING LIFE IN PRISON WHO CLAIMS TO BE AN ASSOCIATE OF JIMMY H. TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT JIMMY PAID HIM $2500 TO ROB & SHOOT TUPAC (CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AFTER THE LEAP)
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