Man standing trial alongside rapper Young Thug accepts plea deal

ATLANTA– One of the co-suspects is on trial together with the rapper Young criminal accepted a plea deal with prosecutors on Tuesday.

Quamarvious Nichols, 29, pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to a single violation of Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. In return, prosecutors agreed to drop murder and weapons charges against him. Nichols was sentenced to seven years in prison.

The plea agreement still leaves the fate of Young Thug and four others undecided in what has become Georgia’s longest criminal trial. Jury selection at the courthouse in Atlanta started in January 2023 And lasted almost 10 months. The process started with opening statements last November, and prosecutors have since called dozens of witnesses.

Young Thug, a Grammy winner whose given name is Jeffery Williams, was charged two years ago in a sweeping indictment accusing him and more than two dozen other people of conspiring to violate Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. He is also accused of gang, drug and gun crimes.

Nine people charged in the indictment accepted plea deals before the trial began. Twelve others are being tried separately. Prosecutors dropped charges against one suspect after he was convicted of murder in an unrelated case.