What you should know
- Members of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s security team are expected to be arraigned Monday on charges stemming from an August 2020 robbery incident in Harlem, law enforcement sources told News 4 New York.
- Tekashi 6ix9ine’s private security team, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, is charged with robbing a man after chasing him through Harlem in pickup trucks with flashing lights and sirens, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
- In August 2020, Tekashi’s security team reportedly saw a 34-year-old man attempt to record the rapper on a cell phone and yelled at him. The team then chased the man for about 20 blocks through Harlem in SUVs equipped with flashing lights and sirens.
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NEW YORK – Members of the security team of controversial rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine are expected to be arraigned Monday on derivative charges in connection with the August 2020 robbery incident in Harlem, law enforcement sources told News 4 New York.
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s private security team, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, is charged with robbing a man after chasing him through Harlem in pickup trucks with flashing lights and sirens, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Five members of the rapper’s security team face charges of first- and second-degree robbery and phishing. One of the individuals, a retired NYPD detective, has also been charged with “falsely asserting to NYPD officers and in a 911 call that the victim was threatening the defendants with a firearm,” according to the bureau. of the prosecutor.
In August 2020, Tekashi’s security team reportedly saw a 34-year-old man attempt to record the rapper on a cell phone and yelled at him. The team then chased the man for about 20 blocks through Harlem in SUVs equipped with flashing lights and sirens.
The team eventually boxed the man’s car at 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, forcing him to stop. A member of the rapper’s detachment opened the door of the man’s car, threw his phone on the ground and stomped on it, the prosecutor alleges. Other security personnel allegedly pointed a taser gun at the man before unidentified police vehicles arrived and the security team fled.
“A celebrity entourage is not a police department, and Manhattan is not the Wild West,” District Attorney Cy Vance said in a statement.
The rapper, who is on probation, explains what he used and for what purpose.
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