Prosecutors wants Pooh Shiesty to remain in custody ahead of his trial, and they’re citing alleged admissions of drug and alcohol use, plus what they claim was an “inappropriate relationship” with a case supervisor, in support of their argument.
In court docs filed June 24 and viewed by Complex, prosecutors point out that Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams Jr., was living in a North Texas apartment and bound by a previous sentence under which he was ordered to home detention when he allegedly took part in an armed kidnapping and robbery earlier this year.
As part of the terms of this previous, unrelated sentence, Shiesty was required to refrain from consuming alcohol or using controlled substances, among other restrictions.
“Williams Jr. routinely failed to abide by these conditions throughout the course of his home confinement, assisted in skirting these requirements through the help of collusive VOA employees,” reads the government’s response to Shiesty’s latest effort to secure his release. “Investigators have now learned that Williams Jr. was involved in an inappropriate relationship with at least one of his VOA case supervisors, and that this VOA employee was actively involved in entering fake day passes that would allow Williams Jr. to travel to unapproved locations while he was supposed to be confined to his residence.”
Prosecutors continued: “This misconduct extended to the day of the kidnapping itself on January 10, 2026. On that day, the employee entered three day-passes, allowing Williams Jr. to travel, and contacted him nineteen times over the course of the day. VOA later terminated the employee for this conduct.”
For those unfamiliar, “VOA,” in this instance, is an acronym for Volunteers of America, a nonprofit and Bureau of Prisons contractor. All told, per prosecutors, Shiesty was formally written up for violating the terms of his home detention at least four times, including as recently as March of this year.
Also included in the June 24-dated filing are screenshots of alleged text conversations involving Shiesty.
“High and drunk,” reads one alleged text from Shiesty when asked what he was doing at the time, circa October 2025.
“I’m drunk asf,” reads another from November.
Complex has reached out to a legal rep for Shiesty for comment. This story may be updated.
In April, Shiesty was among nine people confirmed to have been federally charged in connection with an alleged kidnapping and robbery at a studio in the Dallas area. The incident, described as a “coordinated armed takeover” by authorities, took place in January. At one point, Shiesty is alleged to have brandished an AK-style pistol while forcing the signing of paperwork releasing him from a recording contract.
As previously reported, though a criminal complaint obtained by Complex shortly after news of Shiesty’s arrest went public did not directly name him, it was quickly clarified that the target of this alleged “armed takeover” was believed to be none other than Gucci Mane. Indeed, an individual named only as “R.D.” is mentioned throughout the complaint. Gucci Mane’s real name, of course, is Radric Davis.
At one point, as detailed in the complaint, Shiesty pulled “a black AK-style pistol” from a bag and “pointed it at R.D.” Simultaneously, he allegedly continued to make demands for “R.D.,” presumably Gucci Mane, to sign the paperwork. He eventually complied, prosecutors said.
Shiesty later pleaded not guilty in the case, which has also ensnared his father, Lontrell Williams Sr., and fellow recording artist Big30.
