Jamaican dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta released from prison

Jamaican dancehall artiste Leroy Rusell Junior, popularly known as Tommy Lee Sparta, has been released from prison.

Tommy was freed from the Horizon Remand Centre in Kingston on Thursday March 23 after serving only two years in prison.

In March 2021, the ‘Soul reaper’ hitmaker was sentenced to three years in jail for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The entertainer had been arrested on December 14, 2020, after a vehicle in which he was travelling was intercepted by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Specialised Operations.

The men in the vehicle were searched and a 9mm Glock pistol with an extended magazine containing 18 rounds of ammunition was found in the dancehall star’s waistband.