NBA YoungBoy Affiliate Sentenced to 10 Years in Manslaughter Case
BATON ROUGE, LA – D dawg, an associate of rapper NBA YoungBoy, was sentenced to 10 years in prison last Tuesday for manslaughter and weapons possession stemming from a September 2022 incident.The sentencing follows a plea deal that reduced the charges he initially faced.
The case centers around a high-speed chase with police on September 21, 2022, during which D Dawg, whose legal name is unconfirmed, crashed the vehicle he was driving into two other cars. His passenger, Larry Harris, was ejected from the windshield and died at the scene.
Initially, D Dawg faced charges including voluntary manslaughter, aggravated escape from an officer, failure to help resulting in death or serious injury, aggravated criminal damage, first-degree vehicular negligence, and illegal possession of a weapon by an ex-convict. However,he entered a “no contest” plea to the reduced charges of manslaughter and weapons possession in July,leading to the 10-year sentence – five years for each count – handed down by District Judge Brad Myers.
This is not D DawgS first encounter with the legal system. In 2019, NBA YoungBoy released the song “Free D Dawg” while his associate was serving an eight-year sentence for a previous manslaughter conviction. That earlier case involved a 2012 armed robbery that resulted in the death of Derrick Marioneaux. D Dawg was 14 years old at the time of the incident. He had also recently been released on bail for another unspecified incident just days before the 2022 chase.
