Kodak Black is one of the most well known rappers in the game right now.
With almost 20 million streams this month on Spotify alone, Kodak Black is not to be
taken lightly.
But even with all of his success, Kodak Black just can’t seem to stay out of trouble.
The south Florida rapper has been arrested about 8 times since 2015 with charges ranging
from basic cannabis possession to [censored] battery.
Here is an exclusive inside look at the Criminal History of Kodak Black.
Kodak Black’s first major arrest was around the time his hit song “Skrt” was starting
to gain traction world wide.
On October 14, 2015, Kodak was detained by police for marijuana possession and for driving
with a suspended license but it doesn't stop there.
Once the police ran Kodak’s real name, Dieuson Octave or Bill K. Kapri through the system,
they realised that Kodak Black had open warrants for a Robbery, Battery, and Kidnapping.
From there, Kodak Black was taken into custody and booked on 5 total charges.
The rapper was held without bond for a few days but was eventually given a set bond amount
and was released moments later.
The second arrest happened just over two months later on December 25th, 2015.
On that Christmas Day, Kodak Black was driving around when he got pulled over by the St.
Lucie police.
During the stop, Police found marijuana and drug paraphernalia on Kodak and charged him
with possession of 20g or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kodak was released on bond once again shortly after he was booked.
This next incident wasn’t necessarily an arrest at the time but led to an arrest later
on in the year and that is the incident that happened at a Comfort Suites Hotel in South
Carolina.
Reports say that after his performance at the Treasure City Nightclub on February 6,
2016, Kodak allegedly committed [censored] misconduct on a teenager in a comfort suites
hotel.
The victim alleged that Kodak tore off her clothes, [censored] and bit her.
No charges were filed at the time but an investigation took place since the allegations seemed credible
enough to the authorities.
Kodak of course left the state before they could question him.
Kodak's next arrest took place on April 21, 2016 in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
According to police, Kodak’s vehicle was allegedly involved in some type of drug deal.
The cops proceeded to pull over Kodak but instead of cooperating, Kodak tried to evade
the police.
After a little game of cat and mouse, Kodak was finally detained by police where they
ended up finding marijuana on him and a loaded glock 23.
40 caliber pistol that he tried to ditch in a dumpster nearby.
When it was all said and done, Kodak Black was booked on 3 charges which included possession
of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana, and fleeing the police.
Kodak later posted a $5,100 bond.
Now not even a month later, Kodak Black was arrested yet again for having an open warrant
for his 2015 charges that included armed robbery and false imprisonment.
You’re probably thinking by now that Kodak will just bond out this time like he did the
last time, and the time before that, and the time before THAT, but that was not the case.
The judge demanded that Kodak Black remained in jail.
He was facing a maximum of 55 years according to numerous reports but come on, we all now
the finesse kid will find a way out of this one and he did….
Almost.
After spending the whole entire summer of 2016 in jail, the project baby pled no contest
to the charges and was sentenced to one year of house arrest and five years probation,
which may sound rough to the average person but this is a major W when you were facing
55 years in prison.
Kodak was scheduled to have a court appearance again the next day where he would be officially
released but of course, there was a catch.
The next day in court, his homecoming was put to a halt after the judge became aware
of two warrants.
One of those warrants was from his 2015 arrest in St. Lucie County, Fl and the other was
for his [censored] misconduct case in South Carolina.
The Florence county police originally had a warrant for Kodak Black’s arrest for the
[censored] misconduct charge but since Kodak wasn’t in South Carolina anymore, all they
could do is put a warrant out and hope to catch him the next time he's in the area.
They were not about to pay for his extradition.
But a few months after the original [censored] misconduct charges were filed, they upgraded
his charges to [censored] battery.
A more serious charge that carries a maximum of 30 years in jail.
This made the situation much more serious and with him already in police custody, the
Florence County police made it clear that they want Kodak extradited to South Carolina
when Florida was done with him.
After that false hope of freedom, Kodak remained in jail for a month before he was sentenced
to 120 days in prison after pleading no contest to one charge of possession of marijuana and
one charge of possession of marijuana paraphernalia from his 2015 St. Lucie County traffic stop.
This also resulted in Kodak having his drivers license suspended for a year and he also had
to pay $298 in court fines.
Kodak served just over 2 months of his 120 day sentenced when he was released from the
St. Lucie county jail and transferred over to the custody of Florence County Police to
face his [censored] battery charges.
In court Kodak denied the charges and was held on a $100,000 bond.
He spent 3 days in Florence County Jail before he posted bond and was released back on house
arrest in florida.
This was Kodak's first taste of freedom in 8 months.
That freedom didn’t last too long because just 2 months later, Kodak Black was arrested
during a court hearing after the judge determined that Kodak violated the terms of his house
arrest.
Kodak apparently violated house arrest by allegedly punching a strip club employee multiple
times in Miami after an argument on February 4th, 2017.
Kodak remained in jail and on April 26, 2017, the finesse kid was found guilty of five counts
of violating house arrest and was officially sentenced to 364 days in prison on May 4,
2017.
The judge did cut him some slack though by giving Kodak the possibility of having 180
days taken off his sentence if he completed a life skills course.
Kodak completed the course and was released from jail on June 5th, 2017 after serving
just 97 days of his 364 day sentence.
Upon his release, everyone assumed Kodak Black was on the straight and narrow because Kodak
didn’t have any legal troubles for months, which was impressive for Kodak since it seemed
like he was only being able to obtain 3 months of freedom before getting locked up again.
But all good things come to an end because after 7 months of freedom, Kodak was arrested
once again on January 18, 2018 on several charges, including grand theft of a firearm,
two charges of possession of a weapon or ammo by a florida delinquent adult felon, possession
of cannabis over 20 grams, child neglect without great bodily harm, and two counts of parole
violation.
This all came to into play after the authorities were tipped off from an Instagram Live video
where Kodak Black appeared to be surrounded by guns and marijuana all in the presence
of his son.
Kodak’s lawyer filed several motions to get the charges pressed against kodak dismissed,
claiming that the guns and marijuana shown in the video were just props used for creative
use only.
Just over a month later, Prosecutors dropped three of the charges against Kodak due to
insufficient evidence.
Those three charges dropped where possession of a weapon or ammo by a delinquent adult
felon, grand theft of a firearm, and child neglect.
Despite having those charges dropped, Kodak still faced four other charges, including
marijuana possession, possession of ammunition, and the two other charges for violating his
probation.
Kodak Black was still being held without bail in Broward County Jail and at his court hearing
a few days later he pled not guilty to those charges.
A little under a month later, Kodak was sentenced to one year in prison after being found guilty
for the marijuana and ammunition possession charge.The judge cut him some slack by letting
the 90 days he already served count towards his sentence and It was possible that Kodak
could be released by October 2018 with good behavior.
He was facing a total of 12 years during that sentencing so that was another major W for
Kodak.
After serving only seven months of his one year sentence, Kodak Black was released from
jail on August 18, 2018, 2 months ahead of his expected release in October.
Kodak immediately got into the studio following his release and recorded a whole albums worth
of music.
He dropped “Dying To Live” on December 14, 2018 and the album did extremely well.
Kodak was on top of his game and everyone was certain that he was on the right path,
and he was… until April of 2019.
On April 18, 2019, Kodak and his sniper gang crew were arrested at the United States and
Canada border on several charges which included Criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful
possession of marijuana.
Kodak’s excuse for this arrest was that his GPS led him in the wrong direction which
led to him crossing the border.
Regardless of his excuse the police booked him into jail and was later released on a
$40,000 bond.
Now not even a month later, Kodak Black was arrested once again while on his way to perform
at the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami.
This arrest was a lot different then his other arrests because this arrest involved the FBI,
ATF, and the US Marshals.
According to the authorities, Kodak allegedly lied on paperwork to obtain a firearm on two
separate occasions.
Specifically, Kodak checked “No” in a box that asks if the person is under indictment
for a felony which Kodak is in fact under indictment for the incident in South Carolina.
Kodak’s lawyer came to his defense and said that those papers use terms that not everyone
can understand and that Kodak misinterpreted the question.
As of now Kodak is still in jail and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for those
charges if found guilty.
Overall Kodak Black has a pretty long criminal history with multiple arrests in the past
4 years.
While Kodak tends to get off the hook pretty easy, he is still facing a total of 40 years
in prison currently.
30 of those years are coming from the South Carolina incident which he is scheduled to
have a trial for this fall and the other 10 years are coming from his recent arrest at
Rolling Loud.
Almost everyone in Hip Hop wants to see Kodak Black win due to how talented he is but he
just can’t seem to stay out of trouble.
Hopefully his next few court cases work in his favor.
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