Fourth XXXTentacion killer will get decreased sentence after taking plea deal
A Florida man who testified in opposition to three former associates who murdered rap star XXXTentacion will spend two extra years behind bars
Robert Allen, who took a plea deal and testified in opposition to his fellow defendants within the 2018 homicide of rapper XXXTentacion, reacts as he listens to his sister testify on his behalf on the Broward County Courthouse, Wednesday, Could 17, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Allen was sentenced to an extra two years in jail and 15 years probation. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Solar-Sentinel through AP, Pool)
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida man who testified in opposition to three former associates who murdered rising rap star XXXTentacion throughout a theft 5 years in the past will spend the following two years in jail, a choose dominated Wednesday.
Circuit Choose Michael Usan sentenced Robert Allen to seven years in jail, with credit score for the 5 years he has already spent on the Broward County jail. He’ll then spend 20 years on probation. He may have acquired a life sentence.
Allen, 27, pleaded responsible final 12 months to second-degree homicide and testified earlier this 12 months in opposition to Michael Boatwright, 27, Dedrick Williams, 27, and Trayvon Newsome, 25. They have been convicted of first-degree homicide in March and sentenced to life in jail.
Throughout the monthlong trial, prosecutors linked Allen, Boatwright, Williams and Newsome to the June 18, 2018, taking pictures outdoors Riva Motorsports in suburban Fort Lauderdale by way of in depth surveillance video taken inside and out of doors the shop. They stole $50,000 and made cellphone movies hours after the taking pictures exhibiting them flashing fistfuls of $100 payments.
XXXTentacion, whose authorized title was Jahseh Onfroy, had simply left Riva Motorsports with a good friend when an SUV swerved in entrance of him and blocked his BMW.
Surveillance video confirmed two masked gunmen rising and confronting the 20-year-old singer on the driver’s window, and one shot him repeatedly. They then grabbed a Louis Vuitton bag containing money XXXTentacion had simply withdrawn from the financial institution, bought again into the SUV and sped away. The good friend was not harmed.
Boatwright was recognized as the first shooter with Newsome being recognized as the opposite gunman. Williams was the group’s chief and the driving force of the SUV.
Allen testified that the boys set out that day to commit robberies and went to the bike store to purchase Williams a masks. There they noticed the rapper and determined to make him their goal. Allen and Williams went contained in the store to substantiate it was him. They then went again to the SUV that they had rented, waited for XXXTentacion to emerge and ambushed him.
