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(Video) Young Thug Allegedly Received Percocet From Co-Defendant In Courthouse, Three Contraband Incidents Delay YSL Trial

<p>Three incidents of contraband allegedly brought into the courthouse are causing delays in the jury selection process in the trial against Atlanta rapper <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;gunna-posts-to-social-media-for-the-first-time-since-release-from-jail-calls-for-release-of-young-thug&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and more than a dozen other defendants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ajc&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;fellow-defendant-handed-young-thug-painkiller-in-court-da-alleges&sol;ICTHFPHYIND73ED2FADYTETHME&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">AJC<&sol;a> reported on Tuesday a defendant’s mother was arrested after allegedly bringing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tobacco products” to her son in a bag of clothes&comma; according to her arrest warrant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; another defendant was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital following a separate instance of contraband being brought into court for a third consecutive day of court proceedings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Young Thug Allegedly Handed Off Percocet Pill In Courthouse On Video<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Fulton County prosecutors also allege that one of Young Thug’s co-defendants&comma; Kahlieff Adams&comma; handed him a prescription painkiller&comma; known as Percocet&comma; in open court Wednesday — and that they have the surveillance footage to prove it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsbtv&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;fulton-county&sol;young-thug-accused-getting-drugs-fellow-defendant-inside-fulton-county-courtroom&sol;6NUI62TCGFFEJBGKOAL5V5SAUE&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WSBTV<&sol;a> obtained footage from the alleged interaction&period; A deputy reportedly spotted the transaction and confiscated what was later determined to be a Percocet pill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Hit play to see the alleged pill pass-off involving Young Thug and co-defendant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CnnbjhhsUVk" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Marijuana Hidden In Shoes&comma; Percocet Handed To Young Thug In Court&comma; Allegedly&comma; Cause Delays<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The three incidents involving contraband have reportedly caused the jury selection process to be delayed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last week&comma; Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville said an unidentified person brought clothing to one of the defendants with marijuana hidden in the shoes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At a security checkpoint&comma; some particular individual attempted to bring clothes for one of your clients&comma;” Glanville told defense attorneys&period; ”There was contraband found&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office&comma; which handles courthouse security&comma; said that court services deputies and staff members intercepted the clothing before the defendant received it&period; According to the sheriff’s office&comma; no arrests were made in the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; Glanville again notified defense attorneys after someone allegedly tried to smuggle contraband to one of the defendants inside clothing&period; Glanville declined to say which defendant was involved at the time but confirmed an arrest had been made and an investigation was underway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the affidavit Channel 2 Action News obtained&comma; attorney Doug Weinstein&comma; who represents Deamonte Kendrick&comma; told deputies he received a bag containing clothes from his client’s mother&period; Weinstein also told deputies he received a text message from the mother of Kendrick’s child stating she had placed a sealed envelope inside of the bag&period; Kendrick is an Atlanta rapper who performs using the stage name Yak Gotti and is charged with multiple counts&comma; including murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">YSL Trial Defendant&&num;8217&semi;s Mother Arrested&comma; Inmate Hospitalized After Ingesting Contraband<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the warrant&comma; Weinstein reportedly handed the bag to Fulton County deputies&comma; who searched the bag and found a white envelope with tobacco wrapping paper and tobacco products&period; Kendrick’s mother was arrested on the eighth floor of the courthouse&comma; charged with one count of criminal attempt to commit a misdemeanor&comma; and released Wednesday on a &dollar;1&comma;500 bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the affidavit&comma; Kendrick’s mother told deputies she didn’t know what was inside the bag and handed it to Weinstein&period; A warrant was also issued against the mother of Kendrick’s child for a criminal attempt with the intent to commit a specific crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The reason for the delay is that we’ve had yet another instance of alleged contraband being introduced to our space&period; As a result of that and a subsequent investigation&comma; one of our inmates unfortunately had to go to Grady hospital&comma;” Glanville said before announcing the court would go into recess for the day&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Glanville did not name the defendant who had to go to Grady&period; Calland’s client is Kahlieff Adams&comma; who is serving a life sentence at Hays State Prison after authorities convicted him of murder in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities are charging Adams with conspiracy to violate the RICO Act&comma; attempted murder&comma; and two counts of participation in criminal street gang activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"109194" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-trial-percocet&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 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