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April 10, 2007
Snoop Dogg Charged with Gun Possession
PASADENA – The rapper known as Snoop Dogg was charged today with gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana, both felonies, the District Attorney’s office announced.
The 35-year-old musician, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus, (dob 10-20-71), is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Pasadena Superior Court, Dept. D, said Deputy District Attorney Marian Thompson. He is charged in case No. GA069334.
Broadus was first arrested Oct. 26 Burbank police at the airport in Burbank on suspicion of transportation of a controlled substance. The gun charge stems from Burbank police executing a search warrant at his home where the gun was allegedly discovered.
The complaint alleges that Broadus was convicted of felony drug possession and possession for sale in 1990.
If convicted, he faces up to four years in state prison.
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