Willie D 'Grateful' for Prison Sentence

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Former Geto Boys member William "Willie D" Dennis is revealing that he is thankful for the year and a day prison sentence he received for spearheading a wire fraud scam. Speaking to Houston's Fox 26, Dennis explained what drove him to pretend to sell customers iPhones only to keep the money without producing any product.

"Somebody did me wrong," he said. "Somebody stole my phones, and so I did the same thing to somebody else. I didn't necessarily steal their phones, I just didn't ship them. I took the money and didn't ship their orders. That's what happened, and I felt justified in doing it, at the time. Of course, now, I realize I was wrong. I was grateful, 'cause it could have been a whole lot worse."

As previously reported, Dennis was arrested back in 2009 for selling the phones on eBay, through his fictitious company, Texas One. He later plead guilty to fraud charges, and was facing up to 20 years behind bars for the scam.

Alongside the sentence, Dennis was also ordered to pay $194,087.17 in restitution and will undergo supervised probation for three years after his release. The 44-year-old is currently working on new music to be released before he begins his sentence, Dec. 4.

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qnknndy

Now, now Willie! Why????

January 02 2011 at 11:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Greg

Is he a rapper who stole stuff or is he a thief that happens to rap?

November 12 2010 at 4:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ptmndd

I'm grateful too for his sentence. I wish he and all the other rappers would go back to prison so we could be more grateful.

November 12 2010 at 1:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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darcman442

what a dumb ass. Yeah, that was a dumb assed move he did. but what about all the metal artists that have done much worse and never even seen a jail cell? I guess if he never got caught or just sent the damn phones, he wouldn't have to do time. Anyway, it's shit like this is the reason why I never buy online. Its not as cheap as you think.Stop blaming all of the rappers for what one or two dumb ass people do.

November 12 2010 at 2:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jsconi

@ Vaughn Gale - LMAO...that's hilarious!!!! ROFL!!!

November 12 2010 at 12:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vaughn Gale

Is it the one i beat for $5,000 DOLLAS!!!!?? Thought he had PHONES but it was GOLD MEDAL FLOUR!!!

November 11 2010 at 11:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lita

Well, maybe he should have stayed behind bars a little longer, since he doesn't understand that when you take money for someone for a product and you fail to give/send them that product, that is the definition of stealing. It would seem that he's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier....

November 11 2010 at 9:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

All the Geto Boys info

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