Two suspects wanted in the double murder of Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his daughter violated plea agreements in previous violent crimes.
Lil Ronnie, real name Ronnie Sibley, 35, and his daughter, R’mani Sibley, were celebrating her belated birthday when they were gunned down at a car wash in Forest Hill just before 11 a.m. on Monday. R’mani turned 5 years old the day before.
Police named 21-year-old Jakobie Russell and Adonis Robinson, 24, as suspects in the double murder.
“They’re scared,” Forest Hill Police Chief David Hernandez said during a news conference on Wednesday. “They’re cowards. They’re hiding.”
“We have public enemy No. 1, Adonis Robinson, who’s also a registered sex offender. Public enemy No. 2, Jakobie Russell, who’s on the run. They’re scared. They’re cowards,” Hernandez added.
Both suspects violated plea agreements for other crimes. In January 2023, Fort Worth police arrested Russell for domestic violence assault of a pregnant person.
Jakobie Russell (pictured) is accused of intentionally or knowingly injuring the woman by “striking, scratching, or dragging her with his hand,” according to the charging documents.
Russell pleaded guilty to the domestic violence charge in June 2023. In exchange for his plea, he was ordered to attend battery prevention classes, take random drug tests, and not commit any more crimes.
However, Russell did not take the classes and he failed a drug test twice. He also failed to pay court costs.
In December 2023, police charged Russell with shooting and injuring a man in Fort Worth. Russell was allowed to take a plea deal for a lesser, misdemeanor assault charge on Jan. 27, 2025.
However, he failed to report to the sheriff’s office for community service work, beginning Jan. 31, 2025.
On Feb. 11, the judge issued a warrant for Russell’s arrest and ordered him confined in jail. But it is not clear if police were actively looking for him.
On Feb. 18, the judge recalled the arrest warrant for unknown reasons.
Russell was also convicted on a misdemeanor gun charge in 2022, but he took a plea deal in that case to remain on the street.
Adonis Robinson, 24, also has a lengthy criminal record that includes violent crimes dating back to October 2018.
In 2019, Fort Worth police arrested Robinson for attempted sexual assault of a 55-year-old woman who was jogging near Marine Creek Lake.
Robinson ambushed the woman and attempted to undress her, but a bystander heard her cries for help and chased Robinson off.
A grand jury indicted Robinson in September 2019. He was jailed for more than two years and a judge ordered him to register annually as a sex offender for ten years.
Robinson violated the terms of his plea agreement when he failed to register as a sex offender.
Fort Worth police arrested Robinson in June 2022. He pleaded guilty to a felony for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements. A judge sentenced Robinson to one year in a state jail.
In a Facebook post last month, Lil Ronnie posed with R’mani and her best friend Cheyenne, whose father couldn’t attend a Valentine’s Day celebration at their school.
Cheyenne is seen in a video shared by her father after R’mani’s murder.
