Crime & Safety

Three Men Found Guilty In The 2018 Murder, Robbery Of XXXTentacion

Michael Boatwright, 27, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, each stood trial on first-degree murder and robbery with firearms.

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March 22, 2023

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A Broward County jury on Monday reached a guilty verdict on all counts in the trial for three men accused of killing local rapper XXXTentacion five years ago during an ambush robbery outside a Deerfield Beach motorbike shop that was caught on surveillance camera.

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Michael Boatwright, 27, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, each stood trial on first-degree murder and robbery with firearm charges in connection with the murder of the rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy.

The 20-year-old hip hop artist was gunned down on June 18, 2018 during an armed hold-up outside RIVA Motorsports while he sat in his i8 BMW, waiting to drive out of the shop's driveway.

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