A person who despatched his 17-year-old son to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock was sentenced to 31 years to life in jail Monday.
Freddie Trone, 42, was convicted Aug. 7 of homicide, theft and conspiracy to commit theft in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom. He was the protection’s solely witness, claiming he “never had nothing to do with it. I wasn’t there. I didn’t tell nobody to do nothing. I didn’t hand nobody no gun.”
The protection plans to attraction, the Related Press reported.
PnB Rock — whose authorized title was Rakim Allen — walked into Roscoe’s Home of Rooster & Waffles in South Los Angeles in September 2022 sporting “several hundred thousand dollars” in jewellery. Presumably as the results of an Instagram publish from his fiancee geotagging them on the restaurant, he was focused by Trone and one other defendant, Tremont Jones, prosecutors alleged.
Legal professionals for Freddie Trone reportedly plan to attraction.
(Los Angeles Police Division)
Trone despatched his 17-year-old son into the restaurant with a gun and ski masks to steal Allen’s jewellery. When the rapper refused, {the teenager} shot him thrice — as soon as within the chest, then twice within the again — then threatened his fiancee.
Trone’s son, who’s now 19, was charged with homicide as a juvenile. A choose discovered he was not competent to face trial, AP reported.
Allen’s mom, Deannea, traveled from Philadelphia to attend the listening to, in keeping with Rolling Stone. “As a parent, I do not understand — and I’ve been trying these two whole years — I do not understand how a parent could directly put their child in danger. I just can’t comprehend it. That one action had a ripple effect, and it has ruined many lives,” she stated throughout her witness influence assertion.
“Rakim was the shining light in our family. He was a star to us. … We are devastated,” she stated.
