Taxstone, who is currently serving 35 years in prison for shooting Troy Ave‘s bodyguard, has been hit with more charges after being accused of contraband smuggling.
The podcaster (real name Daryl Campbell) is one of eight inmates at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center charged with either smuggling or possessing contraband, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced on Thursday (March 6).
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A former correctional officer at MDC is also charged with attempting to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cigarettes, into the notorious jail, which currently houses a number of high-profile figures including Diddy.
A further 16 people, including an MS-13 gang associate, are facing charges relating to violent assaults and fraud inside the facility.
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Taxstone is accused of orchestrating a plan with five other inmates to smuggle drugs, cigarettes, a scalpel and other banned items into MDC between April and June 2024.
“In several voice recordings found on [a contraband cell phone], Campbell explained his method of throwing a ‘line’ out of a window of MDC-Brooklyn for a co-conspirator on the outside to ‘hook’ or attach contraband, which could then be pulled back inside,” a press release reads.
25 Metropolitan Detention Center Inmates, Their Associates and a Former Correctional Officer — Charged in A Dozen Criminal Cases at The Federal Jail in Brooklyn https://t.co/afaRIfCzSK [announced with @NewYorkFBI and @OfficialFBOP]
— US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) March 6, 2025
“On June 30, 2024, [Ian] Diez, [Jonathan] Guerrero, [Abel] Mora, and [Mayovanex] Rodriguez attempted to execute Campbell’s scheme by pulling a rope through the window of the recreation room in their housing area. At the other end of that rope, correctional officers found what appeared to be suboxone, marijuana, a scalpel, a phone charger, lighters, and cigarettes.”
Taxstone faces another 10 years being added to his sentence if convicted.
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Also linked to the wave of new charges against MDC inmates is the recent stabbing of Jam Master Jay’s killer, Karl Jordan.
A brawl occurred inside the jail on February 22 that left Jordan with several stab wounds. He is believed to have recovered from the attack and it is not known if it was targeted.
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Five men — Brian Castro, Franklin Gillespie, Juan Lopez, Jowenky Nunez Jr., Hugo Rodriguez and Elvis Trejo — have been charged with assault over their roles in the vicious attack.
The men, along with other yet-to-be-charged individuals, “approached another inmate in their unit, armed with weapons, and
began chasing and stabbing him,” according to the press release. “The victim was stabbed 18 times and required hospitalization for his injuries.”
The fight resulted in more than 20 inmates requiring medical assessments and at least five being hospitalized, with 10 sustaining injuries consistent with being stabbed or slashed.
In 2023, Taxstone was found guilty of shooting and killing Troy Ave‘s bodyguard, Ronald “Banga” McPhatter at NYC’s Irving Plaza during a T.I. concert in 2016.
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A grand jury acquitted him of murder and attempted murder, but he was convicted of manslaughter along with three assault charges and two weapons charges.
Prosecutors said that Taxstone confronted Troy Ave in the green room at Irving Plaza on May 25, 2016, shortly before Ave was set to open for T.I.
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It was claimed that he shot McPhatter in the chest, killing him, before also shooting Ave in both legs during a struggle for the gun.
A man and a woman were also seriously wounded by bullets during the melee, with both being seriously wounded.
Taxstone was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but following his conviction he said that he would be appealing the decision.
