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'Home Alone' star Culkin arrested on drug charges
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-19 08:01

Former child star Macaulay Culkin has been arrested in Oklahoma City on suspicion of possessing marijuana and a controlled substance, police said on Saturday.


Former child star Macaulay Culkin is seen in this police photo after being arrested in Oklahoma City on suspicion of possessing marijuana and a controlled substance police said on September 18, 2004. [Reuters] 
The star best known for his role of the ingenious child who fends off burglars in the "Home Alone" movies, was arrested during a traffic stop on Friday afternoon on a highway in the city.

Culkin, 24, was taken to jail when a police officer said he found the star in possession of 17.3 grams (0.6 ounce) of marijuana and prescription drugs he apparently obtained without a prescription. He was released on $4,000 bail on Friday night, after spending about two hours in jail, the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department said.

Culkin, who recently starred in the movies "Saved!" and "Party Monster" did not talk to reporters when he left the jail.

According to the arrest report, an Oklahoma City police officer pulled over a car speeding on an interstate. Culkin was a passenger in the car driven by a man from New York.

The officer asked Culkin and the driver to step out of the car after the driver, identified as Brett M. Tabisel, had given the officer permission to search the vehicle. The pair said they were driving from New York to Los Angeles, according to the report.

A search of the car revealed marijuana, the anxiety relieving medication Xanax as well as sleeping pills. The medication was in plastic sandwich bags while some of the marijuana was in a metal cigarette box, the report said.

The officer said the two were cooperative with the search and quickly surrendered the drugs.

Culkin's publicist, Michelle Bega, would not comment on the incident.



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