Baltimore rapper Simba isn't stressing that he's just been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars for armed robbery and has a trial coming up for a murder he is believed to have been involved in, three months from now.
Young was recently handed a 24-year sentence for his role in the armed robbery of five high school students in the Gaithersburg neighborhood in March of last year. An 18-year-old Young had been arrested for the crime at his 4200 block of Willshire Avenue residence on April 4. Him and accomplice Timario Gregg allegedly took jackets, sneakers, and cell phones off of the suspects, thus leading to this week's conviction on five counts of armed robbery and five counts of conspiracy and gun charges.
The question has been raised as to why Young would receive such an extensive sentence for a robbery. Members of his camp contend that it may have to do with his unwillingness to cooperate with authorities after being named a suspect in the shooting death of Wassi Young last February.
The day after Simba was locked up for the robbery, he was pinned with a slew of charges, including attempted murder and first-degree murder. Authorities say they have a video that placed him at the scene of the shooting, which they believe was an attempt to rob a drug dealer that didn't go as planned.
According to their reports, a 23-year-old man who wound up checking into the hospital with gunshot wounds around the same time Wassi Young was found dead, was pursued for questioning and determined to have been involved in the incident. It turned out that he was actually the intended target and that the slain Wassi Young was one of five suspects who tried to rob him, according to police.
Prior to Simba's arrest - Davion Foster, Samuel Brown, and Tierek Thomas were taken into custody and charged. Police believe that Wassi Young, Simba (Shiloh Young), and the three others had planned to set the 23-year-old up by arranging a marijuana sale and then ambushing him when he arrived. The man wound up injured and Wassi wound up dead.
Simba now faces having additional time put on top of the lengthy sentence that he's incurred for the robbery of the students, should he fall short of a not-guilty verdict at the upcoming trial. Word is that he has selected to fight the case on the grounds that he had nothing to do with the murder that unfolded, and simply endeavored to make a purchase when the homicide went down. It is expected that he will appeal the sentence he has just been given and is confident that things will sort out during the trial.
"Don't believe the hype, man. Everything ain't what it seems, man," he says in the cell phone conversation from jail that is now circulating social media.
