US | The Wire The Wire's 'Snoop' Busted in Baltimore Drug Raids Along with 30 others; HBO actress has other arrests in her past By Evann Gastaldo Posted Mar 10, 2011 10:09 AM CST Copied In a June 26, 2007 photo, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson arrives at the 7th annual BET Awards, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, best known for her role as a drug dealer's hitman on HBO’s The Wire, was arrested along with more than 30 others this morning during raids on a large heroin and marijuana operation in Baltimore. Police, DEA agents, and other officials carried out the pre-dawn bust as part of a five-month drug investigation, the Baltimore Sun reports. Pearson’s troubled past includes a conviction of second-degree murder at just 14; she was arrested again in 2008. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. Iraq's national game of deception brings out the best bluffers. Report an error