Snoop Dogg is wanted by Orange County authorities. A warrent for his arrest was issued today for carrying a concealed weapon on to a flight last month. He faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison if convicted.

“He either turns himself in or he gets picked up by law enforcement,” spokeswoman Susan Schroeder said, adding that prosecutors had contacted the entertainer’s representatives and asked that he surrender.

Schroeder said Broadus was trying to catch a flight from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport with two bodyguards on September 27 when airport security saw a long metal object in his laptop case. Opening the case, the officers discovered a 20-inch (51 cm) collapsible baton inside.

The rap star also was arrested last week at the Burbank airport, outside Los Angeles, after police said they found a gun and marijuana in his car. He was booked and released on $35,000 bail in that case.

Though possession of the baton could be filed as a lesser misdemeanor charge, Schroeder said Broadus was charged with a felony “based on his background and criminal record.”

Broadus has said the baton was a prop in a video he was to make in New York and he was unaware it was illegal to take it on a plane.