Snoop Dogg gets community service
US rapper Snoop Dogg has pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous weapon, his lawyer has said.
In a plea deal, the 35-year-old was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and three years probation by a court in Santa Ana in California.
He was also ordered to make a US$10,000 charitable donation, lawyer Donald Etra said.
Snoop Dogg, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr, was arrested a year ago after the discovery of a collapsible baton in his computer bag at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
Authorities said the baton was a dangerous weapon. Snoop Dogg said it was a prop for a video he was filming in New York.
Etra said the conviction would be reduced to a misdemeanour after one year if Snoop Dogg does not violate the law.
The case is Snoop Dogg’s second in the past year. He was arrested at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank last October on suspicion of transporting marijuana. Police later found a gun at his home.
The rapper pleaded no contest in April to gun and marijuana charges and agreed to five years’ probation and 800 hours of community service. The cases marked the end of a relatively long trouble-free stretch for Snoop Dogg.
