Saturday 23 August 2008

Life Mimics Art: 'Wire' Star Busted for Drugs



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An actress wHO appeared on the HBO series "The Wire" has been arrested on minor drug charges.


Court records evince Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, wHO played a killer of the same name on the televesion series, was charged afterward police went to her home in Northeast Baltimore to pick her up for refusing to join forces as a witness in a mangle trial.





She was arrested Wednesday after police served a warrant that would allow them to detain her, if required, until the Sept. 16 trial of Steven Lashley. Court documents say Pearson is accused of having two cigars containing suspected marijuana in a sleeping room and idle plant material. She was charged with one consider of drug possession.


Authorities say Pearson witnessed Lashley stab three work force, killing one, during an argument in 2005.


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