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Thread ID: 7614 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-06-25
2003-06-25 13:35 | User Profile
**LOS ANGELES - Snoop Dogg could face criminal charges in connection with the arrests of three men who delivered the rapper-actor to the BET Awards in a gray armored van, authorities said.
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Two of the three arrested outside Tuesday's awards show were unarmed but wanted by authorities for unidentified misdemeanor crimes. The third, who was also unarmed, was wanted on parole violations.
Six others were armed and detained by authorities. They identified themselves as Snoop Dogg's security detail, said Joe Gordon, assistant special agent in charge for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
They were released but Gordon said charges would be presented to federal prosecutors that could involve Snoop Dogg, who was not detained but spoke briefly with his lawyer outside the Kodak Theatre.
Possible charges include associating with the armed men.
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was convicted in 1990 of possession of cocaine for sale, and authorities said it is illegal for a felon to possess weapons or hire armed security guards.
It is illegal under federal law to "carry or use firearms in connection with the protection of a prohibited person," Gordon said.
"The prohibited person would be a hub of the case," under those charges, Gordon said. "The people that had firearms would be the spokes of the wheel."
The charges carry a penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison
The awards, presented by the Black Entertainment Television network, recognize people of color in music, film and sports categories.They are voted on by record label executives, news media representatives and fans.
An attorney for the 31-year-old rapper, Hayes Michel, did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press at his office Tuesday night.
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Awfully similiar cases, except for the fact that Calvin IS a convicted felon. As well as the fact that he was not detained, stuffed into a cell to await trial, nor was his house ransacked by ZOG JTTF agents. Charges will, without a doubt, be dropped.
2003-06-25 13:37 | User Profile
BTW, what the story fails to mention is that the "van" was heavily armored containing illegal weapons, hollow point bullets, and body armor.
2003-06-26 23:46 | User Profile
Actually, neither should do a day of time.
That one will, and one won't, underscores the reality that the damn Feds are the problem! America is too important to be left to the Federal government to run any longer.