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Brooklyn Rapper Casanova Pleads Guilty In Federal Racketeering Case
On December 1, 2020, Brooklyn rapper Casanova turned himself in to authorities after a warrant was issued by the FBI for his arrest, as part of the 18-member gang sweep of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation (UGSNB).
Today (May 11), Casanova, born Caswell Senior, has entered a guilty plea on the charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The “So Brooklyn” rapper is the 13th defendant in the racketeering case against the UGSNB gang to plead guilty, according to ABC7. In addition to his guilty plea, Senior “admitted to a July 2020 shooting in Florida, an Aug. 2018 robbery in New York City, and to trafficking more than 100 kilograms of marijuana,” according to NBC New York.
Senior will be sentenced in December and faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 60 years.