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Snoop Dogg charged with gun, drug counts
Faces charges of gun possession by a felon and transportation of marijuana
 | Snoop Dogg was charged Tuesday April 10 with felony gun and drug counts, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. The 35-year-old rap star was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Pasadena, prosecutors said in a statement. |
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PASADENA, Calif. - Snoop Dogg was charged Tuesday with felony gun and drug counts, Los Angeles County prosecutors said.
The 35-year-old rap star was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Pasadena, prosecutors said in a statement.
Snoop Dogg faces charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana.
He was arrested Oct. 26 by Burbank police at Bob Hope Airport on suspicion of transportation of a controlled substance. Burbank police later discovered a gun at his home.
If convicted, he faces up to four years in state prison.
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The rapper was convicted in 1990 of cocaine possession and charged with gun possession after a 1993 traffic stop. He pleaded guilty in exchange for three years’ probation and a promise to make public-service announcements against violence.
The rapper’s manager, Constance Schwartz, said there would be no comment Tuesday but a written statement would be issued Wednesday.
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