'Home Alone' Star Culkin Arrested on Drug Charges
Sun Sep 19, 7:47 AM ET
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Former child star Macaulay Culkin (news)
has been arrested in Oklahoma City on suspicion of possessing
marijuana and a controlled substance, police said on
Saturday.
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.
