Rapper Juelz Santana Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Gun in Airport

Rapper Juelz Santana Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Gun in Airport
Rapper Juelz Santana performs in New York City on Dec. 19, 2006. (Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
The Associated Press
12/23/2018
Updated:
12/23/2018

NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—Rapper Juelz Santana has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for trying to get a loaded gun onto a plane at a New York-area airport.

Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, was sentenced Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft.

He was arrested in March after security at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport found a loaded .38-caliber handgun and nonprescription oxycodone pills in his carry-on.

Juelz Santana arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors in New York City on Oct. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
Juelz Santana arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors in New York City on Oct. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Santana left the area and the bags behind, but he turned himself in three days later.

The 36-year-old will not immediately go to prison after having reached an agreement to perform on Long Island.