Masia Hollins, 22, who goes by the stage name “Dooder,” was faces up to 15 years if convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
OAKLAND — Federal prosecutors here have filed felony gun charges against a Bay Area rapper who was arrested twice last year, in San Ramon and Oakland, on suspicion of possessing firearms., was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, a federal offense that carries up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He is being held in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail, and is next due in court for an arraignment on Jan. 12, records show.
The complaint alleges that Hollins lied about his name and age, claiming to be his girlfriend’s 17-year-old brother, and that they refused to consent to a search of the Mercedes. An officer eventually tricked Hollins’ girlfriend into changing her mind, when she allowed him to grab the apartment keys from the vehicle in order to allow the couple’s pet dog into the home.
In a motion to keep Hollins detained pending trial, prosecutors describe him as a violent member of a gang based in the Acorn housing development and describe his nickname, Dooder, not as his musical stage name but his “gang moniker.” They included a photograph of a jeweled chain he possessed in the October incident, with the letters “KCSC” — an acronym for Kane City Stain City — and Hollins’ stage name, to argue that he was representing his gang’s “home turf” at the time of his arrest.
“He has an extensive juvenile and adult record of violence, including three felony convictions in the past three years and arrests for attempted murder, carjacking, and robbery,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Leif Dautch wrote in the motion. “As evidenced by this history, and his possession of two loaded firearms and his flight/deceit in each incident, Hollins poses an unmitigable danger to the public and risk of flight.
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