Tag: Behind Bars

Hoax Alert: Obama Did NOT Pardon BMF’s Big Meech 


To the dismay of many that were hoping for an early release of Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory, it looks like the rumors of that happening were all a hoax put out by a particular website to get more views. The thirst is real!

According to Lead Stories, President Obama did NOT grant “Meech” a pardon – or at least as of yet.

Here is the gist:

A fake story trending on social media purports that President Obama has pardoned “Big Meech” Demetrius Flenory and that the “Black Mafia Family” founder will be released from a federal prison in March.

It is a hoax story intended to lure unsuspecting readers to create huge traffic for a fake news website, Lead Stories can confirm.

The report does correctly (sort of) say that Flenory, 47, wrote a jailhouse letter asking Obama to pardon him from his drug trafficking convictions. But it was a letter written from prison in 2013, and not recently as the report stated.

Flenory is serving a 30-year sentence in the U.S. Penitentiary at Lompoc, California, a medium security prison. He is scheduled for release in 2032.

Below is an actual copy of the handwritten letter written by Big Meech back in 2013.

While I am sure the Black Mafia leader still shares the same sentiments as expressed in this letter, there is no evidence that he has publicly reached out to the President again since this letter was written.

Check out my story ‘Big Meech Asks For Pardon‘ on Gorilla Convict for more details about the letter.

A handwritten letter written to President Obama by ‘Big Meech’ back in 2013

The story quickly grew legs and set the internet ablaze with many believing that the Black Mafia Family boss would be released by the end of the month.

Obama still has a few months left in the White House, and he has been very hands on with inmate rehabilitation and justice reform agendas. Could there still be a possibility for him to sign the big boss out of the clink?

Hey- if Donald Trump can possibly be our new president, then any and all things are possible.

I guess the (crime) world will just have to wait and see…

Lead Stories’ Trendolizer constantly scours social nets for trending hoaxes so that we may better inform you. Remember, just because it is trending, doesn’t mean it’s true.

Family Of Druglord El Chapo Say He Is Being Tortured While In Prison

 

El Chapo’s sister Bernarda insists her brother is being treated unfairly while in Mexican prison.

The Mexican drug lord is alleging that guards are waking him up in the middle of the night, and are failing to give him enough clothes to stay warm in his cold cell.

His relatives claim the “torture” is punishment for his high-profile escape from the same jail in July 2014. They staged a protest outside the small compound.

El Chapo’s sister Bernarda:

“They are angry because he got out, but anybody, even an irrational animal, would seek their freedom. He didn’t hurt anybody.”

One of Guzman’s lawyers, Jose Refugio Rodriguez, told reporters that his client hated life inside the Mexican jail so much that he is now eager to be extradited to the US.

In order to speed up the process, the head of the Sinaloa cartel is even willing to plead guilty to any charges – as long as authorities provide him with a short sentence in a medium-security prison.

Mr Rodriguez said:

“I saw a desperate man, a dejected man. I found him very discouraged and in a very serious state of health.”

Another member of El Chapo’s legal team, Juan Luis Gonzalez Meza, said he planned to go on “hunger strike” until the 58-year-old began receiving better treatment.
However, the lawyer later admitted he would still be having breakfast and juice every day.

Mexican authorities have denied that Guzman is being treated inhumanely, and insist that he is in good health.

The protest came as the kingpin’s eldest daughter, Rosa, told The Guardian that her father had managed to sneak into the US twice during his stint as a fugitive.

Although she refused to reveal how he had managed to cross the border, she claimed that his dramatic jailbreak through a tunnel was not an escape, but an “agreement” with senior officials.

More than 30 people, including the warden of the prison he escaped from, were arrested after his disappearance.

Suge Knight Rushed To The Hospital From Prison – Again

Suge Knight is having a terrible time in prison. You cant help but almost feel sorry for the guy!

Knight has all phone and visitation rights revoked, but to make matters worse his health is seriously declining. Over the course of his time in prison he’s had several health complications, including passing out in the courtroom and is reportedly going blind.

Knight was rushed to the hospital via ambulance with complaints of severe abdominal pain. According to law enforcement close to the case, Suge is currently being treated at L.A. County Hospital under close guard.

Stay tuned for more details…