Snoop Dogg booked for deadly weapon
SANTA ANA, California – Snoop Dogg was booked Monday on a single felony count of possession of a deadly weapon filed after security officers at John Wayne International Airport found a collapsible baton in his carry-on luggage.
The 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, turned himself over to authorities at the Orange County Jail on Monday morning. He was expected to post $150,000 bail, said Susan Schroeder of the district attorney’s office.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to three years in prison.
The September 27 incident occurred as Snoop Dogg prepared to take a flight to San Francisco.
USS Intrepid stuck in mud at New York
NEW YORK – The legendary World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid got stuck in deep Hudson River mud Monday as powerful tugboats fought to pull it free to tow the floating museum down river for a $60 million overhaul.
The mission was scrubbed at around 10:30 a.m. as the tide went down, said Dan Bender, a Coast Guard spokesman.
Officials weren’t sure Monday when they would try to move the Intrepid again, or whether they might try instead to leave it in place and refurbish it in its Manhattan berth, Intrepid President Bill White said at a news conference.
The next unusually high tide is Dec. 6, but that will be about a foot lower than Monday’s tide, which officials had thought would help float the carrier free of the sticky mud, he said.
Fire hits Orlando’s Gatorland; 4 animals likely killed in blaze
ORLANDO, Fla. – A fire early Monday destroyed a section of the venerable Gatorland tourist attraction, likely killing four animals. Among the charred areas was its main entrance, a huge concrete alligator mouth.
The blaze, reported at 5:55 a.m., badly damaged the gift shop, entrance and ticket booth.
Gatorland’s alligators were believed to have hidden safely in a lake, but the fire may have claimed two crocodiles and two 8-foot pythons kept in a pen near the gift shop, said Tim Williams, the park’s director of media production.
The park opened in 1949 and attracts about 400,000 tourists each year. It features people wrestling gators, a “jumparoo” show where the big reptiles leap for food, and up-close encounters where guests can hold snakes, scorpions, spiders and birds. Gatorland has a few thousand animals, Williams estimated.ence.
The next unusually high tide is Dec. 6, but that will be about a foot lower than Monday’s tide, which officials had thought would help float the carrier free of the sticky mud, he said.