TAMPA, Fla. – Despite pleas for leniency from family members, fans and supporters, a federal judge sentenced Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton on Thursday to 10 years in prison Thursday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.
TAMPA, Fla. – Despite pleas for leniency from family members, fans and supporters, a federal judge sentenced Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton on Thursday to 10 years in prison Thursday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.
TAMPA, Florida – Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton is asking for a shorter prison sentence.
The Grammy winner was convicted in February of conspiring to set up a cocaine deal in Florida in 2009. He faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison at his sentencing hearing June 23 in Tampa federal court.
MIAMI — Reggae star Buju Banton has been arrested in Florida on drug charges.
The Jamaican singer, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, was detained last week in a sting operation after he allegedly tried to buy at least five kilograms of cocaine in Sarasota, according to the St. Petersberg Times.
