| TI Expected To Make Plea Deal Today | 27 Mar '08 - 7:35am |
| An announcement is expected today regarding the federal firearms case against rapper T.I., according to a person familiar with negotiations between prosecutors and the rapper's defense team.
T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., was indicted in October on weapons charges that include illegally possessing three machine guns and two silencers and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Although details of the announcement were not disclosed, federal prosecutors and Harris' defense team have been engaged in intense plea negotiations the past several weeks. If a plea agreement is reached, it must be approved by a federal judge. The case has been assigned to Charles Pannell Jr. Harris was arrested in a sting in a Midtown parking lot on Oct. 13 as he allegedly tried to buy the weapons just hours before he was to receive two top awards at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. Harris, one of the world's most popular rappers, is confined to his home under $3 million bond. According to Jackie Reid on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning, T.I. will plead guilty and his house arrest will be lifted today. He will be sentenced to one year in prison, but that sentence will be deferred for one year. |
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