YNW Melly has been behind bars at the Broward County Jail for over a year now.
The 20 year old rapper is being held on multiple charges over the death of his two close friends
YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy.
But in early April 2020, things took a really odd turn for YNW Melly after he unfortunately
tested positive for COVID-19 aka the Coronavirus.
This event had Melly’s legal team scrambling to get him released early so he could receive
proper medical care, but while doing so, the Broward County Jail also released jail disciplinary
reports of YNW Melly.
This report goes into intense detail of what Melly has been doing since he turned himself
in back in February of 2019, like who is sending him money, who is visiting him, and what his
behavior has been like… and trust me..
It is not what you think.
YNW Melly has made it seem like everything has been all good since his incarceration,
by releasing music, saying he’s coming home soon, and even posting up a picture of the
Versace shoes he has in jail, but little do you know that he has been getting in brawls
with inmates, making prohibited phone calls, and even flooding his entire unit on purpose.
Curious on what else YNW Melly has gotten into while behind bars?
Well then we got you covered.
Here is an exclusive inside look at YNW Melly’s Life Behind Bars.
Now for those of you who are unaware of why Melly is even in jail in the first place,
let me give you a brief rundown.
Back in October of 2018, YNW Melly’s close friends YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy were shot
and killed in an alleged driveby in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Melly and YNW Bortlen were in the car with them at the time and drove the two to the
hospital where they told the police what exactly happened.
The police weren’t buying Melly and Bortlen’s story and after months of investigating, the
authorities gathered enough evidence to assume that YNW Melly and YNW Bortlen staged the
drive by and actually shot Sakchaser and Juvy themselves.
Bortlen was soon arrested on February 12, 2019, and Melly turned himself in a day later
on February 13, 2019.
If you want more details on that part of the story check out our video we released a few
months back titled “The Criminal History of YNW Melly”.
A link to that video will be in the description below.
YNW Melly currently resides on the 6th floor of the Broward County Jail.
He spends his days hanging out with other inmates in the general population, talking
on the phone with friends and family, visiting with his legal team, and surprisingly… snacking.
Financial statements show that Melly has multiple people that have been sending him money with
deposits hitting his account almost weekly.
The two most frequent people to send him money and care packages are his mother, Jaimie King,
and his manager, Jameson Francois.
Between February 2019 and March 2020, YNW Melly has spent over $4,000 on commissary
purchases and on average spends over $100 a week.
The items he has purchased the most are Oreo’s, Grandma’s Cookies, Jalapeno Pretzels, Doritos,
Stuffed Jalapeno Chips, Honey Buns, Flaming Hot Cheetos, Cinnamon Rolls, and Hot Cocoa.
It was also reported that Melly often buys Thank You and Miss You cards, pencils, pens,
paper, reading glasses, headphones, playing cards, spanish to english dictionaries, and
ibuprofen as well.
The way Melly gets these items is by filling out a form and checking off each item that
he wants.
Inmates in the Broward County Jail have on average about $22 in their accounts and have
a $80 limit on food and over the counter medication and another $80 limit on clothing, so in total,
they can spend up to $160 per week on commissary items.
Then when YNW Melly is not going on a shopping spree in the jail commissary, he is often
in the jail’s visitation center.
The Broward County Jail only allows inmates to have in person visits with law enforcement,
attorneys, and religious ministers.
In the past year or so, Melly has had around 170 visits with most of them being with his
legal team as they prepare for his trial.
Two visits that stood out were from an apparent prison minister named David Morgenstern, a
man who has ties to the Trafficante crime family also known as the Tampa Mafia.
The Trafficante crime family were apparently the main mob operating in Florida and Cuba.
David, along with his twin brother Fred Morgenstern were members of the Trafficante Family’s
network and were largely involved in the mobs investment schemes and money laundering that
funneled millions of dollars to banks overseas.
The two were eventually caught and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
David was released in 2018 and started a nonprofit organization called Last Door, Inc. where
he meets with inmates and discusses various topics revolving around religion.
According to TCPalm.
David didn’t go into detail about the conversations he had with YNW Melly but says “He’s quite
a talker” and that “He seems to be encouraging everybody in there.
He’s very enthusiastic.”
Morgenstern also mentioned that he hasn’t met personally with YNW Melly ever since he
was moved to a different part of the jail back in October of 2019, although he claims
to still see Melly when he visits the pods every Thursday night.
Now aside from all the snacking and visitations, YNW Melly actually seems to be having a difficult
time behind bars, even though he tends to give this image on social media that everything
is all good.
According to his disciplinary report, Melly has had several confrontations with guards
and other inmates as well as violating several jail policies.
These actions have resulted in privileges such as recreation, commissary purchases,
and visitation being taken away from him and even has been sent to solitary confinement
for days on end.
The first major incident took place a month after he arrived in jail.
On March 13, 2019, Melly apparently made a three way phone call which is not allowed
and is considered disruptive conduct.
That phone call made him in violation of three jail policies which resulted in Melly having
to serve 30 days in solitary confinement as well as all privileges being taken away from
him.
Then two months after that, Melly was charged with threatening or disrespecting an officer.
The details of this incident were not listed but he was ultimately punished with 20 days
of solitary confinement and a loss of all privileges once again.
Several months later in September of 2019, Melly apparently placed a towel inside of
the toilet in his cell and proceeded to flush continuously until the top and bottom of his
unit was flooded.
The deputy who reported to the flooding said that YNW Melly admitted to flooding the cells
on purpose and was threatening him.
Melly was supposedly quoted saying “Yea I flooded it, now go get your sergeant.
I’ll beat all y’all… and I have real lawyers to get me out of it.
The deputy handcuffed Melly soon after and the entire unit was eventually evacuated.
Melly was ordered to serve 20 days in solitary confinement, lost all of his privileges, and
had 10 days of probation for all of this.
The most recent behavior situation YNW Melly had was in February of 2020 when he allegedly
got into a fight with 5 other inmates in his cell block’s day room.
Multiple deputies had to break the brawl up and Melly was charged with two violations.
One was for fighting with another inmate and the other was for disruptive conduct.
His hearing for these charges was on February 23, and he was unfortunately found guilty
and had to spend 30 days in solitary confinement and lost all of his privileges.
In total, YNW Melly has spent 70 days in solitary confinement due to his actions behind bars.
As of today, YNW Melly is still behind bars as he awaits his trial.
In the beginning of April, YNW Melly tested positive for coronavirus which resulted in
his Lawyer, Bradford Cohen, proposing an emergency motion to the judge for Melly to be released
from jail and placed on house arrest so he can receive proper medical attention.
Fans on social media made it seem that this was his ticket to freedom after seeing fellow
rapper 6ix9ine being released due to the same reasons, but on April 14, 2020, the judge
denied this motion and says that if Melly needs special medical treatment while in jail,
he can just request it from the Broward Sheriff's office.
Melly is currently sharing a cell with another inmate who tested positive to coronavirus
as well and the date for his trial is still unknown.
Will YNW Melly get out?
Now that is a good question.
You see when Melly first got arrested and details of why got released, it honestly seemed
like Melly actually did do the crimes he is accused of, but as of recent, the prosecutors
in his case seem to have a tough time proving that YNW Melly and YNW Bortlen did this.
In the recent bond hearing, the state of Florida showcased to the judge all the evidence they
had against Melly and Bortlen to charge them with the crime but it didn’t meet the burden
of proof aka it’s not enough to prove they did it.
The authorities in this case have also made several mistakes with the first being the
fact that they were unable to get any of YNW Melly’s DNA from the crime scene which should
be easy to get since they know for a fact Melly was inside the vehicle at some point.
The second mistake is that they didn’t get a specialist to co-sign their theory of the
bullet trajectories found in the car where the crime took place, which means that Melly
can take some of his own money, which he has, to pay a specialist to look into there bullet
trajectory theory and disprove it.
If the judge finds the evidence weak in the next hearing and decides that Melly and Bortlen
are not a flight risk or a danger to society, it is very likely that the two will be released
on bond.
But just because they are on bond doesn't mean they are free to go since they still
will have to be found not guilty in trial which his previous lawyer thinks will happen
after he posted this on instagram “This will be a very interesting trial, I am no
longer representing Melly in this matter, but I predict a not guilty based on all the
evidence I have reviewed.
He has some very fine attorneys that I believe will be able to secure a favorable verdict.
I also think that bond will be granted given the weakness of the evidence.
Never rush to judgement in cases until you see everything.”
Hopefully this all plays out in Melly’s favor.
Well there you have it, YNW Melly’s life behind bars.
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