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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Jan 18, 2006 11:33:39 GMT -5
Wednesday, January 18, 2006;
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a subway ticket.
Garrett, 44, was arrested by sheriff's deputies Saturday on the platform of the Pershing Square Red Line station when he didn't have a ticket, authorities said. Deputies found suspected narcotics during a search, officials said.
He has not been charged and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, according to the sheriff's Web site.
Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, said Garrett was being held without bail because he had violated the terms of his probation for a previous offense. He pleaded guilty in March to attempted possession of cocaine-based narcotics and was placed on probation, Gibbons said.
A judge last month issued a bench warrant for his arrest for an unspecified reason, she said.
An e-mail sent to a spokeswoman listed on Garrett's Web site was not immediately returned early Wednesday.
Garrett has appeared in three dozen films, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, and has released 10 music albums.
In 1979, he rear-ended another car while driving a Porsche, leaving his passenger disabled.
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Post by eilene on Jan 18, 2006 12:15:07 GMT -5
Used to think he was cute...Have you seen him lately
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Post by nightrocker on Jan 18, 2006 12:30:46 GMT -5
Yeah...I have seen him on tv and he looks Nasty..
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Post by rtbuck on Jan 18, 2006 13:18:41 GMT -5
And to think,I just watched the movie "Thunder Alley" last week!
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Post by hifi on Jan 18, 2006 13:40:27 GMT -5
Wow, that's kinda sad. Another one who can't seem to get their act together. It's not like he hasn't been given a chance or that no one has tried to help him.
Out of curiosity I looked him up on IMDB. It looks like he's been working fairly regularly. Not anything great and a lot of things appearing as "himself" but at least it's something. I guess he just can't get off and stay away from the drugs though.
He's just about my age but I wasn't into him in the first place. The teeny boppers who did are slightly younger than me. Yeah, he really did lose his looks yet I don't think it should hold him back THAT much. You can still be ugly and be an actor! Or be in a band, I think he was trying to get back into music again for awhile. Like I said, it's the drug problem IMO.
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Post by Pete on Jan 18, 2006 14:37:56 GMT -5
Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was charged this morning with possession of heroin after his arrest in the Pershing Square subway station over the weekend.
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Post by hifi on Jan 18, 2006 15:26:32 GMT -5
Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was charged this morning with possession of heroin after his arrest in the Pershing Square subway station over the weekend. O ... M ... G ... !!! That's REALLY bad. He didn't look THAT awful the last time I saw him on TV. I would be hard pressed to say who that was if no one told me. See, people? THAT'S YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS!!!
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Post by eilene on Jan 18, 2006 16:00:52 GMT -5
I thought he was kinda cute in teeny bopper way...I think I might be older than you Hifi..Not my type though...I like blondes though... he used to be blonde...
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Post by sandi on Jan 18, 2006 16:03:31 GMT -5
I thought he was kinda cute in teeny bopper way...I think I might be older than you Hifi..Not my type though...I like blondes though... he used to be blonde... He also used to have hair ;D
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Post by Trexx on Jan 18, 2006 17:17:14 GMT -5
Wha'd he do? Stop the train? ...with his face?
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Post by mak on Jan 18, 2006 18:13:10 GMT -5
I thought he was kinda cute in teeny bopper way...I think I might be older than you Hifi..Not my type though...I like blondes though... he used to be blonde... He also used to have hair ;D so did i ;D but Leif looks really bad,infact i was sadden to see him looking so bad-i think a bit of my youth died when i saw how old and sad he looked
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Post by kim on Jan 20, 2006 9:39:23 GMT -5
I don't know?...surely his agent (if he still has one) could get someone to spiffy up that pic in Photoshop and then he can hit the Teen Idols - Where Are They Now circuit once again???
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Post by nightrocker on Jan 20, 2006 13:11:37 GMT -5
Very interesting the way a few years change some people...you know that does not look like the same guy he was back in the 60's and 70's..
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