The tour manager accused of firing shots at rival rapper Lil Wayne's tour buses was denied bond Monday in a Cobb County courtroom.
Jimmy Carlton Winfrey, who works for rapper Young Thug, was charged with 27 felony counts for the April incident. He has remained in jail since his June arrest, but his attorneys argued Monday he should be granted bond, Channel 2 Action News reported.
“I think he’s deserving bail in this case because there’s nothing in his background other than this new charge to show he’s a danger or he’s not going to return here,” defense attorney Lawrence Zimmerman told the judge.
But prosecutors disagreed.
“Here’s someone that at 3 o’clock in the morning opens fire on two tour buses on I-285 in Cobb County,” Don Geary, chief assistant DA, told the court. “That’s the definition of danger.”
In June, Winfrey was indicted for the crimes, and the following month, his attorneys asked for charges to be dropped. Without bond, Winfrey must remain in jail until his trial, which has not yet been scheduled.
Winfrey’s mother, Benton Chappelle, told Channel 2 her son deserves bond.
“He don’t have a violent history, he never did. He don’t have any history of nothing,” Chappelle said. “I think that he was there but I don’t think he did, in fact, I know he didn’t do it.”
No one was injured on April 26 when multiple shots were fired at two buses traveling on I-285 near I-75, according to Atlanta and Cobb police. About a dozen people were on the buses around 3 a.m. after a performance at the Compound nightclub on Brady Avenue, police previously said. It was not known if the rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was aboard either of the buses.
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