Island Boy Franky Venegas
Poses For Tattooed Mug Shot …
After Gun/Drug Bust
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1:37 PM PT — Franky’s brother, Flyy Soulja, tells TMZ … “My brother was within the passenger’s seat of his automotive and his girlfriend was driving. They have been pulled over after they ran via a cease signal.”
He continued, “The automotive was beneath his identify, and due to the previous, we’re ceaselessly listed as being gang members. However we aren’t at the moment in no gang. My brother had a gun that was assembled in a home. He carries it for his safety, nothing gang associated. He carries a gun like each different American.”
One half of the Island Boys, Franky Venegas, has been arrested in Florida for alleged gun and drug offenses — and he is at the moment within the clink, TMZ has discovered.
On Sunday, Franky was booked into the Collier County Jail in Naples, FL, earlier than he posed for a mug shot along with his well-known tattoos throughout his face, in accordance with police information.
Cops say Franky was charged with possession of a managed substance with no prescription, and delivering/possessing/promoting a firearm with an altered serial quantity.
In response to the Collier County Sheriff’s Workplace report, Venegas was arrested Sunday at about 10 PM native time.
In response to the sheriff’s report, a deputy in an unmarked unit pulled over a yellow Corvette exiting a gasoline station in Naples, allegedly ignoring a cease signal.
The Corvette’s license plate tags have been expired, nevertheless it was later decided the automotive’s registration was legitimate and updated. A girl was driving the automobile, and she or he and the passenger, Venegas, have been requested to get out of the automotive.
The report says a “plastic dishevelled of tablets” was discovered on the passenger aspect floorboard. A deputy recognized them as suspected Oxycodone 10mg tablets, seven in whole, and 5 Oxycodone and Acetaminophen tablets. Venegas denied possession of the tablets, however claimed to have a prescription for Oxycodone, which he did not have with him.
An additional search discovered a brown purse with the lettering “MGM” on it within the passenger-side floorboard space. A handgun was discovered within the bag, “together with a transparent plastic reduce straw.” Bank cards with Venegas’ identify have been additionally within the bag. The gun, spray-painted blue, had no figuring out serial numbers. Within the middle console of the automotive, a reduce straw with a white powdery substance inside it was discovered, the report says.
The report calls Venegas a “documented gang member/affiliate.”
As you could know, Franky shot to fame along with his twin brother, Alex, as TikTok influencers in 2021 with their viral hit, “I am an Island Boy.”
Also called Kodiyakredd, Franky has a historical past of arrests for home battery, reckless driving and working a motorcar with no license.
Now, he is beefing up his rap sheet with 2 new crimes. We reached out to a rep for the Island Boys … thus far, no phrase again.
