Rapper Young Buck Pleads Guilty And Sentenced For Violating Terms Of Supervised Release

David Darnell Brown aka “Young Buck,” 34, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing, and covering up by trick, scheme, and device, material facts regarding his possession and use of marijuana, by providing a false urine sample and lying to a U.S. Probation Officer, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.  Brown was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Todd J. Campbell to serve 18 months’ probation, pay a $7,500 fine; perform 100 hours of community service; and submit to mandatory drug testing and treatment.

In July 2013 Brown was convicted of two felonies in U.S. District Court; being a convicted felon in unlawful possession of a firearm and being a convicted felon in unlawful possession of ammunition.  Brown was sentenced to 18 months in prison and to a 3-year term of supervised release for these offenses.  He completed his prison sentence and began his term of supervised release in November 2013.

Among other conditions of his supervised release, Brown was not to use or possess any controlled substances, including marijuana, and was required to submit to random drug testing during the period of supervised release.

On May 13, 2015, Brown was subjected to a random urinalysis to determine his compliance with the Court’s order against using controlled substances.  Before providing a urine sample, Brown was asked by a U.S. Probation Officer if he had used or possessed any controlled substances and he replied that he had not.  Brown then proceeded to supply a urine sample, at which time the probation officer noticed that he was providing the sample from a device designed to provide urine from another person, consisting mainly of a plastic bag concealed under his clothing and an attached tube designed to deliver a stream of urine.  Brown used this device in an attempt to conceal his illegal use of marijuana.

In sentencing Brown, Judge Campbell commented that the defendant’s conduct “goes to the integrity of the system.”

This case was referred by the U.S. Probation Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny A.M. Koshy.