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Beanie Sigel Pleads Guilty in Drug Case, Gets 6 to 23 Months in Jail

Gino DePinto, AOL Music

Rapper Beanie Sigel was sentenced Wednesday to six to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to a narcotics possession charge in a Philadelphia suburb.

Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, entered the plea to a misdemeanor count of illegal possession of Percocet, a painkiller, The Delaware County Daily Times reported.

Sigel has been behind bars since his Aug. 29 arrest following a traffic stop in Tinicum Township just hours after the release of his latest solo album, "This Time."

Defense attorney Carson Morris called his client a successful entertainer who had made some mistakes, but said "he's ready to go ahead and put that behind him and move on with his life."

"Mr. Grant has been a successful entertainer and musician in the Philadelphia community for decades," Morris said. "Obviously, he's had an incredible amount of success and opportunity in his life. He's also made some mistakes, which ha ve ended up putting him in custody. He's ready to go ahead and put that behind him and move on with is life."

Co-defendant Gerald Andrews, 41, who was driving, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a firearms charge and was sentenced to 2½ to 5 years, which Judge Michael Coll noted was well below the usual range.

Sigel is also facing a two-year federal sentence for tax evasion. Federal prosecutors said he owed more than $700,000 for the tax years 1999 through 2005.

Morris said the plea agreement called for the drug sentence to run at the same time as the federal sentence.

Coll said he couldn't dictate what the federal court would do, but he wished Sigel luck and asked if the two cases would significantly impact his career.

Morris said Sigel has recently experienced serious financial problems, mainly due to the tax issue.

"He has a lot of catching up to do, but he also has a lot of talent and a lot of opportunity, hopefully," Morris said. "So the prospect i s that he can get out and move on and start doing something productive with his life."

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micheleboutin75

u know if he where any regular citizen he's be locked up longer than tht...makes me made when celebs (semi celebs) get off with hardly any time, while us average people dont

March 08 2013 at 5:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fox12ga

they should keep him

March 08 2013 at 12:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sagamore7

mary had a little lamb BAM mary ate steak from a plate yeah yeah mary mary mary aint no fairy BAM i got to take a break that was exhausting work oh i got my agent on hold gotta to go

March 08 2013 at 10:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
yukidongo1

Well, if it's 6 months, he is into his 7th, if he has been in custody since August.

March 08 2013 at 10:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve

When are people going to understand, RAP is garbage, NOT entertainment!!!I it promotes HATE Drugs, Rape, and Vulgarity. When parents sit back and wonder what is happening with young people these days, RAP can take some of the blame. This should be a sign to people. He is a DRUGGIE Thug!!! Not an entertainer, or talented at all. He got what he deserved.

March 08 2013 at 8:49 AM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
rkeeeballs

....Star ?......that's no star...rap-crapper is all I see...Put him in and lock it up !

March 08 2013 at 7:56 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Ritchie B.

Idiot much ???

March 08 2013 at 7:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jorczak9

Don't drop the soap.

March 08 2013 at 6:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mr. Wall Street

Agreed.... Give me the POS rock star who is high on cocaine and pills any day of the week. That's a REAL musician in my eyes, smh. Where do they find you people with these one sided comments. Oh, and while you sit here making comments Jay Z just made in a month what you and your next two generations will make in a lifetime. That no talent rapper must have gotten a free pass. #truthhurts

March 08 2013 at 2:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lee

Never heard of him

March 08 2013 at 12:32 AM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
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