The 6ix9ine arrest history begins in 2015 with a New York state child sexual performance charge, escalates to a 2018 federal racketeering and firearms indictment that Daniel Hernandez resolved by cooperating against the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, and continues through a 2023 Florida traffic arrest, a 2024 domestic violence arrest in the Dominican Republic, and two separate supervised release violations that sent him back to federal prison in 2024 and again in early 2026.
2015 Child Sexual Performance Case
Hernandez’s first serious criminal case predates his fame. In 2015, at age 18, he was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance after online videos surfaced showing him sexually engaging with a 13-year-old.1NBC Miami. Tekashi 6ix9ine Sentenced to Probation in Child Sex Case A “youthful offender” plea deal required him to stay on good behavior for two years, earn his GED, and complete 300 hours of community service.2Rolling Stone. Tekashi 6ix9ine Sentenced to Probation
Prosecutors later argued he violated that deal, pointing to incidents that included allegedly choking a teenager in Houston and assaulting a police officer.3BBC News. Tekashi 6ix9ine Faces Jail in Underage Sex Case On October 26, 2018, a judge sentenced him to four years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service, barred him from gang activity and from posting sexually explicit or violent images of women or children online, and ruled he was not required to register as a sex offender.4Variety. Tekashi 6ix 9ine Sentenced to Four Years Probation
2018 Federal Racketeering Arrest
Less than a month later, on November 19, 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging Hernandez and five co-defendants as members or associates of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. Prosecutors described the gang as a criminal enterprise involved in shootings, robberies, and the trafficking of heroin, fentanyl, MDMA, and marijuana in Manhattan and Brooklyn.5Department of Justice. Recording Artist and Performer Tekashi 6ix 9ine and Five Other Members and Associates Charged
The charges included racketeering conspiracy, multiple firearms offenses, and violent crimes in aid of racketeering.6U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Performer Tekashi 6ix 9ine and 5 Others Charged With Racketeering and Firearms Offenses Specific acts named in the indictment included a gunpoint robbery near Times Square in April 2018, a shooting near the Barclays Center in Brooklyn the same month, and a July 2018 Brooklyn shooting that wounded an innocent bystander.7CBS News. Tekashi 6ix9ine Charged With Racketeering, Gang Shooting, Robbery If convicted at trial, Hernandez faced a potential life sentence.
Guilty Plea, Cooperation, and 24-Month Sentence
In early 2019, Hernandez pleaded guilty to nine counts, including racketeering, narcotics conspiracy, and attempted murder.8Courthouse News Service. Rapper Whose Gang Admissions Went Viral Sentenced to Prison He testified over several days in September 2019 at the trial of two senior Nine Trey members, Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack, identifying gang members and walking jurors through criminal acts captured in music videos, social media posts, and wiretaps.9BBC News. Tekashi 6ix9ine: What We Learned From His Testimony Prosecutors called the cooperation “extraordinary” and “extremely useful.”10CBS News. Tekashi 6ix9ine Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison in Racketeering Case
On December 18, 2019, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer sentenced Hernandez to 24 months in prison, five years of supervised release, 300 hours of community service, and a $35,000 fine.11Page Six. Tekashi 6ix9ine Gets Sentenced to 2 Years After Testifying Against Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods Engelmayer called the cooperation “impressive,” “game-changing,” and “brave,” but told Hernandez, “You, Mr. Hernandez, essentially joined Murder Incorporated,” describing his conduct as “too violent, too sustained, too destructive, too selfish.”8Courthouse News Service. Rapper Whose Gang Admissions Went Viral Sentenced to Prison He had already served 13 months at sentencing.
2020 Compassionate Release
In April 2020, with COVID-19 spreading in federal prisons, Judge Engelmayer granted Hernandez compassionate release, citing his asthma and bronchitis. He served the remaining four months of his sentence under home confinement with GPS monitoring.12ABC News. Rapper Tekashi69 Released From Prison Early Over Coronavirus Concerns The original sentence ended in August 2020, and his five-year term of supervised release began.
2023 Palm Beach County Arrest
On August 9, 2023, Palm Beach County, Florida, deputies arrested Hernandez after finding he had a suspended license and an active warrant for failing to appear in court. The underlying citation came from a June 11, 2023 traffic stop in which the Florida Highway Patrol clocked him driving a Lamborghini 136 mph in a 65 mph zone on the Florida Turnpike near Boynton Beach. He also lacked valid registration and proof of insurance.13WPBF. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Arrested in Palm Beach County He was released on a $2,000 bond.14WPTV. Tekashi 6ix9ine Arrested in Palm Beach County
2024 Dominican Republic Domestic Violence Arrest
On January 17, 2024, Hernandez was arrested in Santo Domingo on domestic violence charges tied to an alleged assault on his girlfriend, Dominican rapper Yailin la Más Viral.15Rolling Stone. Tekashi 6ix9ine Arrested in Dominican Republic on Domestic Violence Charges A Dominican judge ordered conditional release, requiring bimonthly check-ins, a $510 deposit, government-mandated counseling, and compliance with protection orders for both parties during the investigation.16Courthouse News Service. Dominican Judge Orders Conditional Release of US Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine in Domestic Violence Case The available record does not show the case has been resolved.
First Supervised Release Violation (2024)
On November 12, 2024, Judge Engelmayer sentenced Hernandez to 45 days in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to five violations of supervised release: unauthorized travel to Las Vegas, unauthorized travel to Sarasota, Florida, two failures to comply with drug testing, and a positive test for methamphetamines.17ABC News. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Sentenced to Prison for Parole Violations The judge told him, “Your breach of the court’s trust is profound,” and added, “Five violations say to me that you believe the rules don’t apply to you.” Hernandez also received an additional year of supervised release.18Variety. 6ix9ine Sentenced to Three Months in Prison for Violating Release
2025 Drug Raid and Mall Fight
On March 12, 2025, federal probation officers and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office narcotics squad raided Hernandez’s Florida home and found cocaine and MDMA in a bedroom cabinet.19CBS 12. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Faces Possible Prison Time After Admitting to Drug Possession In July 2025, he admitted in federal court to violating his supervised release by possessing those drugs; prosecutors agreed to drop additional drug and gun charges in exchange for the plea.20Yahoo News. Tekashi 6ix9ine Admits He Stashed MDMA
On August 8, 2025, Hernandez was involved in a physical altercation at a Florida mall. His defense attorney said a man with a gun taunted Hernandez over his role as a government witness, called him a “snitch,” and threatened to kill him and harm his family. Hernandez and a second person punched and kicked the man.21NBC News. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Ordered Held in Home Detention After Mall Altercation On September 25, 2025, he pleaded guilty before Judge Engelmayer to a misdemeanor battery specification in connection with the fight, telling the court, “Me and another individual hit a person, and I was wrong.”22The New York Times. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Ordered Into Home Detention The judge rejected prosecutors’ request for immediate jail time and placed him on home detention with electronic monitoring until sentencing.23Billboard. Tekashi 6ix9ine Violates Probation With Mall Assault
Second Supervised Release Sentence and 2026 Release
On December 5, 2025, Judge Engelmayer sentenced Hernandez to three months in federal prison for the combined drug possession and mall assault violations, telling him, “From time to time your actions suggest that you believe that ordinary rules don’t apply to you.”24U.S. News & World Report. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Gets 3 Months in Prison for Violating Probation in Gang Case A fresh 12 months of supervised release was ordered to follow.25New York Post. Tekashi 6ix9ine Learns Fate After Violating Probation Again
Hernandez surrendered to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on January 6, 2026, at 2 p.m. to begin the 90-day sentence; his attorney said he expected to be segregated from the general population.26ABC 7 New York. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Turns Himself In to Brooklyn Jail for 3-Month Sentence He was released from the facility on April 3, 2026, and is now serving a 12-month term of supervised release.27NBC Miami. Tekashi 6ix9ine Leaves New York Jail Carrying Plush Toy Signed by Maduro