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Sticky Fingaz busted for unlicensed gun

Rapper, formerly of Onyx, left 9 mm in his New York hotel room

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updated 7:06 p.m. ET Oct. 19, 2005

NEW YORK - A rap star is accused of leaving heat in a New York hotel room.

Sticky Fingaz has been arrested on a gun charge -- after allegedly leaving behind an unregistered nine-millimeter handgun in his hotel room.

Authorities say hotel staffers found the weapon -- and traced the room to the former member of the group Onyx.

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Turns out Sticky Fingaz isn’t licensed to carry a weapon. He faces a single count of criminal weapon possession.

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