Editing Snoop Dogg (section)

==== 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>