Former Byrd Gang/Dipset associate Max B has been found guilty on multiple felony murder conspiracy charges stemming from a fatal 2006 robbery. The rapper, along with his brother, were found guilty of nine out of 11 counts. Max's ex-girlfriend, Gina Conway, testified for the prosecution in the rapper's murder trial two weeks ago. According to Conway's statement, Max planned the 2006 murder/robbery in a fit of jealousy after she informed him that her now boyfriend Allan Plowden bought her expensive gifts and "drove a $120,000 Mercedes Benz and routinely carried cash."
The rapper recruited his step-brother Kelvin Leerdam to rob Plowden's Holiday Inn hotel room in New Jersey. The robbery resulted in the murder of Plowden's associate, David Taylor, and the subsequent arrests of Conway, Leerdam and Max B.
Max, whose real name is Charles Wingate, will be sentenced on July 30.
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Reader Comments(1 of 4)
SwaggNovat 6-09-2009
This is some fucking B.s. they taking one of the best brothers in the biz right now appeal asap. cheap remix with max and i SwaggNov, www.reverbnation.com/swaggnov or myspace/swaggnov617
SwaggNovat 6-09-2009
This is some fucking B.s. they taking one of the best brothers in the biz right now appeal asap. check remix with max and i SwaggNov, www.reverbnation.com/swaggnov or myspace/swaggnov617
no spam just a typo
janskramerat 6-10-2009
what a low life you are! Then they wonder what has happened to this world, especially with scumbags like you!
artorius317at 6-10-2009
Max who? This no talent M.F.? thought you were talking about someone with SOME clout........... Looks like he's getting ready to suck Bubba's d**k with them lips puckered up like that too... LMFAO
ed11362at 6-10-2009
TYPICAL NAGGER
Timat 6-10-2009
Never heard of him. Sounds like an idiot.
SinisterPureEvilat 6-10-2009
What a fool,now he is jail for at least 20 plus years. What a waste
slacker4life247at 6-10-2009
When keeping it real goes wrong lol
staryu3000at 6-10-2009
Well, If you hangout with bad people that's what happens too you.
I don't date young girls or nasty women or listen to palm readers.
popstarkidnapat 6-10-2009
another piece of crap ,thug off the streets. awesome. " when keepin' it real goes wrong." i love that.
BILLat 6-10-2009
LMFAO ... about time one of these want to be bad a$$es gets what he deserves. and good for the ex g/f for doing what was right and not going by street code. And I don't want to hear from all the losers saying she is a snitch, because if it was your brother or sister you would want the person found and jailed also, this was somebodys brother that he killed! So now unlike the video games there is NO reset button and his life is as dead as the one he took.
Once again ....you can't fix STUPID !
jrivas2956at 6-10-2009
stupid ass
cjleeteat 6-10-2009
If we could only speed along the process of these vermin killing each other. I propose televised arena combat between gangsters and thier followers.Give them 20 minutes of rapping and posturing for the camera and then turn them loose in an enclosed arena with some nice flashy gold-plated guns. We could use some of the pay-per-view proceeds for drug rehab and to fix up the communities that thier type have ruined over the decades. A win-win proposition.
Lollirotat 6-10-2009
Wow. You've obviously grown up in Suburbia.
Not all gangsters are cold blooded murderers. There are a lot of them who have no choice. Their family claims so they have to. You can't just leave a gang. Some of the are nice and intelligent people.
It's these so called "gangsters" that rap about how it's cool to be in a gang that are messing things up.
I was a little white girl who grew up with the thugs. I never claimed and they never gave me trouble for it. They respected my decision.
Before you go generalizing, remember remove head from tush then type. Kay? Thanks. :]
ilsweety7at 6-10-2009
Cjleete I really like that Idea. Rid ourselves of some of the morons on our streets and be able to fix some of what they have ruined. Smart thinking.