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Splash Zanotti, rising Florida rapper, accused of kidnapping

A rising Florida rapper has been jailed on felony charges after prosecutors accused him of participating in the kidnapping of a couple who was held at gunpoint for 24 hours. Splash Zanotti, whose real name is Kejuan Campbell, was one of three masked intruders who forced their way into the victims’ home in the Broward County city of Miramar on Oct. 11 to demand $20,000 from the couple, federal authorities said.

11 to demand $20,000 from the couple, federal authorities said in a statement announcing the arrests last week.Campbell and his co-defendants brandished firearms and threatened to kill the victims throughout the ordeal, authorities said in a news release.The accused kidnappers then recorded themselves counting large stacks of cash, authorities said.Federal prosecutors said the trio stormed the victims’ home that night, accused their nephew of stealing $20,000 from them and demanded the couple pay them back.

The trio eventually forced the victims to increase their withdrawal limit, made them cash the money and finally left the scene, prosecutors said.” Most Read Alexander-Wilcox also confessed to multiple other crimes, including four shootings and an armed carjacking, prosecutors said.

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