Editing Snoop Dogg (section)

=== Criminal ===

==== 1989–1990: Felony possession of drugs and three-year prison sentence ====
[[File:Snoop Dogg mugshot.jpg|thumb|upright|Mug shot, 1993]]
Shortly after graduating from high school in 1989, Snoop Dogg was arrested for possession of [[cocaine]] and for the following three years was frequently in and out of prison.<ref name="allmusicbio"/> In 1990, he was convicted of felony possession of drugs and possession for sale.<ref name=LATimes27apr2007>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-12-me-snoop12-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Andrew|last=Blankstein|title=Snoop Dogg pleads no contest to felony drug charge, gun possession|date=April 12, 2007|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321111128/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/12/local/me-snoop12|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 1993–1997: Traffic violation, gun possession and guilty plea ====
In July 1993, Snoop Dogg was stopped for a traffic violation, and a firearm was found by police during a search of his car. In February 1997, he pled guilty to possession of a handgun and was ordered to record three public service announcements, perform 800 hours of community service, pay a $1,000 fine and serve three years' probation.<ref name="Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office">{{cite news|url=http://da.lacounty.gov/mr/archive/2007/041107a.htm |title=Snoop Dogg, pleads no contest to felony charges; sentenced |agency=Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112124519/http://da.lacounty.gov/mr/archive/2007/041107a.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Weapons charge 2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/09/21/2007-09-21_snoop_dogg_pleads_guilty_to_weapons_char.html|title= Snoop Dogg pleads guilty to weapons charge|date=September 21, 2007|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 12, 2009|location=New York|work=Daily News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804101109/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/09/21/2007-09-21_snoop_dogg_pleads_guilty_to_weapons_char.html|archive-date=August 4, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15441189/ns/today-entertainment/t/snoop-dogg-arrested-california-airport/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810033726/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15441189/ns/today-entertainment/t/snoop-dogg-arrested-california-airport/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2011|title=Snoop Dogg arrested, faces gun, drug charges – Entertainment – Celebrities – TODAY.com|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|date=October 27, 2006|access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref>

==== 1993–1996: Murder trial and acquittal ====
While recording ''Doggystyle'' in August 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Philip Woldermariam, a member of a rival gang, who was actually killed by Snoop Dogg's bodyguard, McKinley Lee, aka Malik.<ref name=":2" /> Snoop Dogg had been temporarily living in an apartment complex in the [[Palms, Los Angeles|Palms]] neighborhood in the [[Westside, Los Angeles|West Los Angeles]] region, in the intersection of Vinton Avenue and Woodbine Street{{emdash}}the location of the shooting. Both men were charged with murder, as Snoop Dogg was purportedly driving the vehicle from which the gun was fired. [[Johnnie Cochran]] defended them.<ref>{{cite web|last=Montaldo|first=Charles|title=Snoop Doggy Dogg|url=http://crime.about.com/od/famousdiduno/ig/celebrity_mugshots/snoopdoggydogg.htm|website=About.com|access-date=July 5, 2008|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906210042/http://crime.about.com/od/famousdiduno/ig/celebrity_mugshots/snoopdoggydogg.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Both Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard were acquitted on February 20, 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Snoop Trial Winds Down|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/gallery/s/snoop960209.html|work=[[MTV News]]|date=February 9, 1996|access-date=June 28, 2024|archive-date=July 6, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970706031331/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/gallery/s/snoop960209.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2024, the case was sealed.<ref name="1993seal"/>

==== 1998–2010: Misdemeanor marijuana charges ====
Snoop Dogg has also been arrested and fined three times for misdemeanor possession of marijuana: in Los Angeles in 1998;<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news |date=May 3, 1998 |title=Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg Cited on Marijuana Charge |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-03-me-45951-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425091651/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/03/local/me-45951 |archive-date=April 25, 2009}}</ref> [[Cleveland]], Ohio in 2001;<ref>{{cite news |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |date=May 29, 2002 |title=Snoop Dogg Fined For Marijuana Possession |publisher=MTV News |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454570/20020529/snoop_dogg.jhtml |url-status=dead |access-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020807195429/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454570/20020529/snoop_dogg.jhtml |archive-date=August 7, 2002}}</ref> and [[Sierra Blanca, Texas]], in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 2012 |title=Rapper Snoop Dogg faces drug paraphernalia charge after stop |work=El Paso Times |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_19704657 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616022212/http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_19704657 |archive-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref>

==== 2006–2007: Airport arrests and convictions ====
On April 26, 2006, Snoop Dogg and members of his entourage were arrested after being turned away from [[British Airways]]' first class lounge at [[Heathrow Airport]] in London. Snoop Dogg and his party were denied entry to the lounge due to some members flying in economy class. After being escorted outside, the group got in a fight with the police and vandalized a [[duty-free shop]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maley |first1=Jacqueline |date=April 28, 2006 |title=Snoop Doggy Dogg held by police after Heathrow brawl |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/apr/28/theairlineindustry.arts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044933/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/apr/28/theairlineindustry.arts |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Seven police officers were injured during the incident. After a night in jail, Snoop Dogg and the other men were released on bail the next day but he was unable to perform a scheduled concert in [[Johannesburg]].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 28, 2006 |title=Rap star to leave UK after arrest |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4953538.stm |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131101655/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4953538.stm |archive-date=January 31, 2009}}</ref>

In September 2006, Snoop Dogg was detained at [[John Wayne Airport]] in [[Orange County, California]], by airport security after airport screeners found a collapsible police [[Baton (law enforcement)|baton]] in his carry-on bag. Donald Etra, Snoop Dogg's lawyer, told deputies the baton was a prop for a musical sketch. Snoop Dogg was sentenced to three years' probation and 160 hours of community service for the incident, starting in September 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 20, 2007 |title=Snoop Dogg gets probation for airport bust |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN2040794720070922 |url-status=live |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804013937/http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN2040794720070922 |archive-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> He was arrested again in October 2006 at [[Bob Hope Airport]] in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] after being stopped for a traffic infraction; he was arrested for possession of a firearm and for suspicion of transporting an unspecified amount of marijuana, according to a police statement.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 26, 2006 |title=Snoop Dogg arrested at Bob Hope Airport |url=https://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20061026/snoop-dogg-arrested-at-bob-hope-airport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215002519/https://www.dailynews.com/2006/10/26/snoop-dogg-arrested-at-bob-hope-airport/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> The following month, after taping an appearance on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]],'' he was arrested again for possession of [[marijuana]], cocaine and a firearm. Two members of his entourage, according to the Burbank police statement, were admitted members of the Rollin' 20s [[Crips]] gang and were arrested on separate charges.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 29, 2006 |title=Snoop Arrested For Gun And Drug Possession After 'Tonight Show' Taping |website=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1546734/20061129/snoop_dogg.jhtml |url-status=dead |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605213931/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1546734/20061129/snoop_dogg.jhtml |archive-date=June 5, 2009}}</ref> In April 2007, he was given a three-year [[suspended sentence]], five years' probation and 800 hours of community service after pleading [[no contest]] to two felony charges of drug and gun possession by a convicted felon. He was also prohibited from hiring anyone with a criminal record or gang affiliation as a security guard, talent manager or driver.<ref name="LATimes27apr2007" />

==== 2015: Sweden arrest for illegal drug possession ====
Snoop Dogg, after performing for a concert in [[Uppsala]], Sweden, on July 25, 2015, was pulled over and detained by Swedish police for allegedly using illegal drugs, violating a Swedish law enacted in 1988 which criminalized the recreational use of such substances – therefore making even being under the influence of any illegal/controlled substance a crime itself without possession. During the detention he was taken to the police station to perform a drug test and was released shortly afterwards. The rapid test was positive for traces of narcotics and he was potentially subject to fines depending on the results of more detailed analysis.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 31, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg's initial drug test positive say police |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20150731/snoop-doggs-initial-drug-test-positive-swedish-police |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803023459/http://www.thelocal.se/20150731/snoop-doggs-initial-drug-test-positive-swedish-police |archive-date=August 3, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2015 |website=TheLocal.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=July 26, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg Arrested in Sweden on Drug Suspicions, Alleges Racial Profiling |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6642085/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden-on-drug-suspicions-alleges-racial |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227043405/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6642085/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden-on-drug-suspicions-alleges-racial |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref> Although final results "strongly" indicated drug use the charges were ultimately dropped because it could not be proven that he was in Sweden when he consumed the substances.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 2016 |title=Snoop Dogg won't face drug charges in Sweden |newspaper=The Local Sweden |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20160108/snoop-dogg-wont-face-drug-charges-in-sweden |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023063213/https://www.thelocal.se/20160108/snoop-dogg-wont-face-drug-charges-in-sweden |archive-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> The rapper uploaded several videos on the social networking site [[Instagram]] criticizing the police for alleged [[racial profiling]]; police spokesman Daniel Nilsson responded to the accusations, saying: "we don't work like that in Sweden". He declared in the videos, "Niggas got me in the back of police car right now in Sweden, cuz", and "Pulled a nigga over for nothing, taking us to the station where I've got to go pee in a cup for nothin'. I ain't done nothin'. All I did was came to the country and did a concert and now I've got to go to the police station. For nothin'!". He announced to his Swedish fanbase that he would no longer go on tour in the country due to the incident.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bradley |first=Bill |date=July 26, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg Arrested In Sweden, Slams Police For Racial Profiling |newspaper=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden_55b51421e4b0a13f9d18d7a4 |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728204818/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden_55b51421e4b0a13f9d18d7a4 |archive-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg: I was racially profiled by Swedish police |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/27/snoop-dogg-i-was-racially-profiled-by-swedish-police |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829125723/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/27/snoop-dogg-i-was-racially-profiled-by-swedish-police |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Kat |date=July 27, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg vows never to return to Sweden over 'racial profiling' drugs arrest |language=en-GB |journal=Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11764701/Snoop-Dogg-vows-never-to-return-to-Sweden-over-racial-profiling-drugs-arrest.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11764701/Snoop-Dogg-vows-never-to-return-to-Sweden-over-racial-profiling-drugs-arrest.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>