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Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

Posted Mar 11, 08 6:44 PM CDT in Crime & Courts,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Dawn Wells, better known as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, has ducked a dope charge but will serve 6 months' probation for reckless driving, the AP reports. A sheriff's deputy pulled her over in Teton County, Idaho last year and smelled marijuana in the car; the former actress failed a sobriety test, but avoided a drug charge by pleading guilty to reckless driving.

Wells, 69, was on her way home from a surprise birthday party last October when she was pulled over. The deputy searched the car and found half-smoked joints, which Wells said were left behind by hitchhikers. She paid a $410 fine and spent 5 days in jail, but a friend later testified that he had left the grass in her car and that she left the party sober.

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Writer/producer Sherwood Schwartz receives a kiss from actresses Florence Henderson, left, and Dawn Wells during a ceremony where Schwartz was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los...   (Associated Press)
Dawn Wells of the cast of "Gilligan's Island" poses during filming of a two-hour reunion show, "The Return from Gilligan's Island," in Los Angeles, Oct. 2, 1978. Wells was sentenced Feb. 29, 2008,...   (Associated Press)
This undated photo, supplied by the Teton County Sheriff's Department, shows Dawn Wells, the actress who played "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island, who was sentenced Feb. 29, 2008, to five days in jail,...   (Associated Press)
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