YoungBoy Never Broke Again, also known as Kentrell Gaulden, was arrested on Tuesday night, April 16, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The rapper, who has been on house arrest in Utah for the past few years, was booked on multiple charges, including drug and gun offenses, as well as identity fraud and forgery.
According to jail records from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, Gaulden faces six charges: pattern of unlawful activity, procuring or attempting to procure drugs, identity fraud, forgery, possession of controlled substances, and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person. As of now, no bail has been set.
Representatives for Gaulden and the Cache County Sheriff’s Office have not responded to Rolling Stone’s requests for comment.
This recent arrest comes as Gaulden awaits trial on separate charges of possessing two weapons as a felon. He was arrested in September 2020, alongside a group of men outside his grandfather’s house in Louisiana. Gaulden spent seven months behind bars in Louisiana before being released and placed on pre-trial house arrest in Utah.
Gaulden’s lawyers have previously argued that he was unfairly targeted due to a disputed 911 call and a controversial search warrant. However, they recently filed a motion claiming that the federal law banning felons from owning firearms is unconstitutional, citing a Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that struck down a similar law in New York.
While Gaulden’s trial was scheduled to begin in July, the judge decided to postpone it in March pending the outcome of another relevant Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court this year. This case questions the constitutionality of a federal gun ownership ban for individuals with domestic violence restraining orders.
Gaulden’s criminal record stems from a guilty plea he entered in 2017 for an aggravated assault charge related to a 2016 shooting in Baton Rouge. He also faced charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Los Angeles but was acquitted in 2022.
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