Lil' Kim was arrested in New Jersey in July 1996 for possession of marijuana. The arrest took place after police raided the home of the late Notorious B.I.G. Various members of the Junior M.A.F.I.A. were arrested after authorities found weapons and marijuana. Her legal problems did not end there.
In April 2004, Jones was indicted for lying to a federal grand jury after testified that she did not notice that two of her close friends at a shootout between members of her "entourage" and the rival rap group, Capone-N-Norega. On March 17, 2005, she was convicted of perjury and conspiracy, but acquitted of obstruction of justice charges. On July 6, she was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $50,000 for this conviction.
