Snoop Dogg got pulled over after his Tonight Show
performance on Bob Hope Drive in Burbank, CA
yesterday around 7:30 when he left the studio’s taping. He’s charged
with possession of a gun and cocaine as well as marijuana for
distribution. He was freed on $60,000 bond after being held at the Burbank
Police Station for 7 hours at 1 AM. This isn’t the first time he’s been
involved with the police, but this is the first time since 1990 he’s
being charged with possession of cocaine.
Burbank police Sgt. Kevin Grandalski
said the rapper/actor was also charged for having a false compartment
in a vehicle. The weapons charge alone is a felony. His lawyer, Donald Etra told the Associated Press that Snoop “was
in a car pulling out of the studio and was booked at jail for
investigation of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.”
“As
of this point, he stands innocent of all charges, the goal tonight was
to get him out of jail. The goal tomorrow is to deal with the case,” Etra said.
The rapper is expected to be arraigned on January 11th, Etra
told the AP.
For a little rundown on Snoop‘s year so far.
On
November 2, Snoop was charged with one felony count of knowingly
possessing a deadly weapon — a collapsible baton — while trying to
board a plane in Santa Ana, Orange County authorities said. A
spokeswoman for the performer denied the charges and said the baton was
“a prop” he inadvertently had included in his carry-on luggage.
On
October 26, Snoop was arrested at an airport in Burbank, and
booked for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and
transportation of a controlled substance. He posted $35,000 bail. His
publicist said the performer was scheduled to appear in court in
December.
On April 26, Snoop and several members of his
entourage were detained by police at London’s Heathrow Airport after a
skirmish that left seven police officers with minor injuries.
The seven police officers received minor injuries, including cuts and bruises, and one suffered a fractured hand.
While
in England for his 1994 “Doggystyle” tour, he was nearly kicked out of
the country after a Tory minister and British tabloids raised
objections to his presence while he faced murder charges in the United States. He later was cleared of those charges.
