Two years after rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot while having lunch with his girlfriend at a Los Angeles restaurant, the father who ordered his then 17-year-old son to rob and kill the artist has been sentenced.
On Monday, Sept. 23, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Connie Quinones sentenced Freddie Lee Trone, 42, to 31 years to life in prison, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
According to a statement previously obtained by PEOPLE from the attorney’s office, Trone was sentenced on August 7 after a jury found him guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of robbery. Trone’s son, an unnamed juvenile defendant, was charged with murder and scheduled for a “mental competency proceeding” in late August. He is now 19 years old and is in juvenile detention.
Another defendant, Tremont Jones, was convicted of two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the state attorney’s office announced.
A third defendant, Trone’s wife Shauntel Trone, who pleaded no contest to accessory after the fact in July, is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 16.
A memorial at Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘N Waffles where PnB Rock was fatally shot.
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PnB Rock, born Rakim Hasheem Allen, died at the age of 30 on September 12, 2022, following a robbery-murder at Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘N Waffles in South Los Angeles.
A month after the incident, his girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang, said he saved her life. “My man saved my life by throwing me under that table,” she wrote on Instagram. “I shouldn’t be here, except for him. I am.”
“Witnessing what I saw and seeing it constantly in my head,” she continued, “to the point of being kicked out of a restaurant, not being able to get into an ambulance or the hospital, having my car keys, purse and phone. , forced into the back of a police car, locked in an interrogation room all night while all this is going on and being the last person in this world to know that my man failed after having the faith and trust that he was.”
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On September 23, 2024, Freddie Lee Trone was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison.
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“Today, justice was served with the sentencing of two men for the tragic and senseless murder of Rakim Hasheem Allen, also known to many as the talented rap artist PnB Rock,” District Attorney George Gascón added in a Sept. 23 statement.
“I want to express my deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Rakim Allen. His life was cut short by an act of violence that no family should have to endure,” added Gascón.
“I also want to commend the tireless efforts of our Department to reduce community violence. Their dedication to this case demonstrates the importance of cooperation between law enforcement, prosecutors and the community in reducing violence and bringing perpetrators to justice,” he concluded.
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