Snoop Dogg Arrested Outside Of NBC In Burbank

(November 28, 2006) ?- Snoop Dogg has been arrested on Bob Hope Drive in Burbank this evening, just outside of the Access Hollywood offices. The rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was a guest on ?The Tonight Show with Jay Leno? earlier in the afternoon. At first, KNBC was told that he was just being served with an outstanding warrant, but a freelance cameraman tells Access he was actually arrested. The Burbank Police Department press officer does not have any official statement yet about the charges. Snoop is reportedly still in custody. Access Hollywood will keep you updated with more details as they become available. On October 27th, Snoop was arrested on suspicion of illegal drug and gun possession at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, police said. He posted $35,000 bail and was scheduled to appear in court Dec. 12. On September 27th, the rapper was arrested for carrying a 21-inch baton in his bags as he went through a security checkpoint at John Wayne International Airport in Orange County. Snoop, 35, told sheriff’s deputies that the baton was a prop for a movie he was filming in New York. In May, Snoop accepted responsibility for using “threatening words or behavior” in an April brawl at Heathrow Airport in London. Snoop Dogg and five other men were arrested on charges of violent disorder and starting a brawl after some members of the rapper’s party were denied entry to British Airways’ first-class lounge. Seven officers received minor injuries mainly cuts and bruises and one suffered a fracture to the hand. British Airways has banned Snoop Dogg from future travel on the airline.Snoop Dogg was convicted in 1990 of cocaine possession and was charged with gun possession after a 1993 traffic stop. Facing a possible three years in prison, he pleaded guilty in exchange for three years’ probation and his promise to make anti-violence public service announcements. He also was acquitted of murder in 1996 following the death of an alleged street gang member killed by gunfire from the vehicle Snoop Dogg was traveling in.