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May 7, 2008 11:42 am US/Pacific
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'CSI' Actor Charged With Felony Possession
LOS ANGELES
Gary Dourdan, a cast member on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," was charged with felony possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstacy in the wake of his arrest in Palm Springs, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Dourdan was found asleep in his car around 5:20 a.m. April 27. The vehicle was parked on the wrong side of Sunny Dunes Road near Gene Autry Trail, police said.
Dourdan, 41, of Venice, is scheduled to appear at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on May 28. The criminal complaint, which was first obtained by the entertainment Web site TMZ.com, is dated Tuesday.
Dourdan, whose real last name is Durdin, has played crime scene investigator Warrick Brown on the CBS series since 2000.
Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike said the officer who found Dourdan described him as "disoriented and possibly under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs."
The officer "subsequently located suspected cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia (in the car)," Spike said.
Dourdan was booked and released at about 10:30 a.m. that day after posting $5,000 bail.
Dourdan told the television entertainment program "Access Hollywood" on Saturday that he was "embarrassed" by the arrest. He said he was in town for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
"The after-party, it ran me ragged," Dourdan said. "But I'm glad pulling over did prevent a DUI."
Dourdan also said "the luggage carrying whatever they found was not mine" and said he did not have any drugs in his system.
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