Grtis Ivey Headed to Prison for 3.5 Years in Plea Deal
Coolio's son Grtis Ivey is headed to prison according to a new report our from TMZ.
Coolio's 22 year old son is reportedly going to prison for three and a half years, in a sentence handed down as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
Ivey was arrested on Nov. 14, 2011 after he allegedly burst into a Las Vega apartment armed with a gun. He allegedly forced the tenant into the apartment's bathroom as his colleague, a female prostitute friend, helped him ransack the property.
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The pair reportedly stole two laptops, two iPads, and a safe. Ivey and his friend were later identified by the victim and taken into custody by cops on November 14.
Ivey's attorneys agreed to a deal this week, whereby he would be sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, in exchange for a guilty plea to a felony robbery charge. As part of the plea bargain prosecutors promised to drop four other felony charges against Ivey.
A formal sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 12, 2012.
In March this year Rapper Coolio was also arrested and jailed, and was ironically put in the same prison as his son, who was at the time incarcerated in Las Vegas.
Police pulled the rapper over during a routine traffic stop in Las Vegas. However, upon further inspection they found two active bench warrants out for his arrest, and took him into custody.
The Gangsta's Paradise star was taken to the Clark County Detention Center and he was put on $5,850 bail.
It was later confirmed that his eldest son had been imprisoned at the same facility.
