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Soulja Boy charged with felony weapons possession

FILE - This Sept. 1, 2013 file photo shows Soulja Boy performing at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, Calif. he rapper was charged Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, with felony weapon possession after police found an assault weapon and handgun that had been stolen from a police vehicle during a search of his Los Angeles home in December. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - This Sept. 1, 2013 file photo shows Soulja Boy performing at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, Calif. he rapper was charged Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, with felony weapon possession after police found an assault weapon and handgun that had been stolen from a police vehicle during a search of his Los Angeles home in December. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles prosecutors on Monday charged Soulja Boy with felony weapons violations stemming from a police search of his home last month that found an assault weapon and a stolen police handgun.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday that it had charged the rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, and that his arraignment was scheduled for Monday. He faces two felony weapons possession charges and a misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

Way was arrested last month by Los Angeles police. He was still on probation for a previous firearms case and was not supposed to possess any weapons.

Prosecutors said a search of his home found a Mini Draco AR-IS assault weapon and a Glock 21 handgun.

Authorities have said the handgun was reported stolen from a Huntington Beach, California, police vehicle.