RAPPER JUELZ SANTANA ARRESTED FOR GUN POSSESSION AT AIRPORT

The rapper and Totowa resident known as Juelz Santana was arrested early Monday after fleeing from Newark airport Friday evening and leaving behind a bag with a loaded gun, police said.

LaRon James, 36, 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 after he was arrested around 1 a.m. by detectives with the Port Authority police, said department spokesman Joe Pentangelo.

James, more commonly known by his stage name Juelz Santana, left the security checkpoint area Friday at 6 p.m. in the C-1 area of Newark Liberty International Airport, leaving behind two bags and identification, Pentangelo said. 

The criminal complaint said James, who was scheduled to leave for a flight to San Francisco at 6:25 p.m., "paced the area nervously and requested that several individuals screen his bag expeditiously because he was going to miss his flight." 

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents checked the bags and found a loaded Derringer 38-caliber handgun.

Police believed he fled the airport in a taxicab.

James was arrested by the Port Authority police without incident, Pentangelo said.

He was also booked on a federal warrant and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Newark at 2 p.m.on Monday.