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Willie gets off jail on drugs bust
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By
The Minx, Enertainment editor
Friday,
27 April, 2007
Willie Nelson and his tour manager have been spared jail time after they pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour count of marijuana possession.
Nelson and tour manager David Anderson, along with Nelson's sister, Bobbie Nelson, and two drivers, were issued citations after state troopers said they found marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms on the country legend's tour bus during a commercial-vehicle inspection.
The State District Judge fined Nelson and Anderson $1,024 each and put both on probation for six months.
As part of a plea agreement, the citation against Bobbie Nelson was dismissed. Word spread quickly that Nelson was in the small southern Louisiana town of St. Martinville, and a crowd of about 25 fans gathered outside to wait for the entertainer after his brief court appearance.
When he emerged, Nelson obliged, shaking hands, signing scraps of paper and posing for photographs. "Thank y'all," he said, waving as he climbed into a waiting car.
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