Juelz Santana Arrested After Fleeing Airport & Abandoning Loaded Gun

(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) – Juelz Santana
In this Oct. 2, 2008 file photo, Juelz Santana arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors in New York.

After making headlines for fleeing New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport Friday when a Transportation Security Administration agent found a loaded gun in his bag, rapper Juelz Santana turned himself in and was arrested early Monday.  

The 36-year-old rapper was reportedly flying out to San Francisco to perform at The Grand Nightclub, according to NorthJersey.com, which noted that the show was canceled. A TSA agent discovered a .38-caliber handgun in one of his bags during an X-ray screening. The rapper took off, abandoning behind his two bags and identification, and reportedly left in a taxi.  

Santana was charged with “possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a weapon on an aircraft, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of drugs,” according to NJ.com. His arrest record included a felony conviction in 2013 for manufacturing and selling drugs, as well as 2009 charges stemming from allegedly threatening his girlfriend with a knife. 

The rapper appeared in federal court in Newark on Monday and a judge ordered him to remain in custody until his preliminary hearing March 26.  He could face up to a decade in prison, according to NorthJersey.com.