Thursday, March 10, 2011

'The Wire' star 'Snoop' busted in DEA drug sweep

Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson, who played a criminal in the HBO series, 'The Wire,' was arrested by DEA agents in Baltimore.

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Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson, who played a criminal in the HBO series, 'The Wire,' was arrested by DEA agents in Baltimore.

An actress who played a drug assassin on the HBO series "The Wire" was busted Thursday in a major narcotics sweep in Baltimore.

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson was among 30 people rounded up by the Drug Enforcement Agency on charges involving a large-scale heroin and marijuana operation, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The 30-year-old mush-mouthed actress, who played one of the chief enforcers for Marlo Stanfield's drug operation on the show, was taken into custody on a Maryland state warrant.

It's not Pearson's first brush with the law. She served 6 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of murder when she was 14.

She was also recently arrested for refusing to testify as a witness in a Baltimore murder trial.

She landed the role on "The Wire," after meeting actor Michael Williams, who played Omar Little, at a Baltimore club. Impressed by her gritty background, he introduced her to the show's producers.

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