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  • July 2008

    • Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted on Coke Charges

      newser  |  Canadian Press  |  Jul 16, 08 7:23 AM CDT

      Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted on Coke Charges

      Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page has been busted on cocaine charges, the Canadian Press reports. The singer for the Toronto-based band, which recently released a CD for children , Snacktime , was caught with drugs in an apartment in upstate New York, according to authorities. Page, 38, posted $10,000 bail and is due in court later this week. He also posted bond for a woman arrested with him. More »

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      celebrity  • cocaine  • drug use  • felony  • drug possession

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • CSI Star Avoids Jail in Drug Bust

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 29, 08 11:43 AM CDT

      CSI Star Avoids Jail in Drug Bust

      CSI co-star Gary Dourdan sidestepped 3-4 years in jail yesterday by copping a plea in a case involving cocaine and ecstasy, the AP reports. Dourdan, whose character was killed off in the season finale, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony drug possession after an arrest last month near Palm Springs, Calif.; a heroin charge was dropped after he agreed to a 30-hour diversion program. More »

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      California  • cocaine  • celebrity trials  • heroin  • drug possession  • CSI  • Gary Dourdan

  • April 2008

    • 'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

      newser  |  People  |  Apr 30, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

      Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers who spotted him sleeping in his car shortly after 5am, according the police statement. More »

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      celebrity  • drugs  • drug addiction  • drug possession  • CSI  • Gary Dourdan

  • March 2008

    • Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

      newser  |  Asbury Park Press  |  Mar 15, 08 8:19 PM CDT

      Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

      The brother of gubernatorial call girl Ashley “Kristen” Dupre has legal problems too: He pled guilty in New Jersey this week to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Already on probation for other drug charges, Kyle Youmans will likely get more probation when he is sentenced next month, the Asbury Park Press reports. More »

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      Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • New Jersey  • prostitution ring  • Ashley Alexandra Dupre  • heroin  • drug dealing  • drug possession  • probation

    • Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 11, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

      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. More »

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      drugs  • marijuana  • DUI  • drug possession

  • February 2008

    • Heidi Fleiss Busted for DUI, Possession

      newser  |  Las Vegas Sun  |  Feb 8, 08 6:47 AM CST

      Heidi Fleiss Busted for DUI, Possession

      Former madam to the stars Heidi Fleiss was busted yesterday after a traffic stop and charged with driving without a license, driving under the influence, and possessing prescription medicine without a prescription, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Fleiss had "prescription narcotics on her person, not in a prescription bottle, and could produce no evidence that the prescription pain medication had been prescribed to her," said a statement from county officials. More »

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      Nevada  • DUI  • drug possession  • Heidi Fleiss

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