born Jeffrey Atkins, is on the verge of being
released from prison, after serving time for the
illegal possession of a firearm in Manhattan, New
York in 2010.
According to the Associated Press, while his
sentence for the firearm was shortened for good
behavior, Ja Rule will go straight into federal
custody to finish his sentence for tax evasion.
Although the sentences ran concurrently, Ja Rule
still has a little less than six months of a 28
month-long tax evasion sentence, and he could
end up serving the remainder of sentence in a
half-way house.
While in jail, Ja Rule was on relatively good
behavior only picking up two misbehavior reports
for unauthorized phone calls in February 2012.
Ja Rule completed his work assignments on lawn
and grounds crews and even participated in
education programs according to his attorney,
Stacey Richman.
Ja Rule will likely be looking to get back to work
soon as he still owes the IRS over $1 million in
back taxes and unpaid fines.
In 2010 New York City police found a loaded .40-
caliber semiautomatic gun in the back door of Ja
Rule's $250,000 car after being pulled over for
speeding.
Then in March 2011 in federal court Ja Rule
admitted that he was negligent in paying taxes on
more than $3 million of money he earned between
2004 and 2006 while he living in Saddle River,
N.J..
"I in no way attempted to deceive the government
or do anything illegal," Ja Rule told the judge. "I
was a young man who made a lot of money — I'm
getting a little choked up — I didn't know how to
deal with these finances, and I didn't have people
to guide me, so I made mistakes."
No word on Ja Rule's plans for linking up with
Murder Inc., but he has said he is working on Pain
is Love 2.
More news as details emerge.
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