Mackenzie Phillips arrested for drugs at airport Former One Day at a Time star allegedly carrying cocaine, heroin at LAX
Richard Drew / AP Mackenzie Phillips was heading from Los Angeles to New York when she failed to pass a security screening and a secondary search turned up a small amount of cocaine and heroin in her possession. View related photos
updated 11 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance after she allegedly was found carrying drugs at Los Angeles International Airport.
Airport police Sgt. Jim Holcomb said the co-star of the old sitcom One Day At a Time was arrested Wednesday.
The 48-year-old Phillips was heading to New York when she failed to pass a security screening and a secondary search turned up a small amount of cocaine and heroin in her possession, he said.
Phillips is the daughter of John Phillips, the late leader of the singing group the Mamas and the Papas. She has struggled with drug addiction in the past and was fired from One Day At a Time, which ran from 1975 to 1984, for drug-related causes.
She went on to star in the Disney Channel series So Weird and has made intermittent TV appearances in recent years.
Suge Knight arrested on drug, assault charges 43-year-old rap mogul accused of hitting girlfriend while brandishing knife
AP Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested Wednesday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and battery domestic violence. View related photos
updated 9 minutes ago LAS VEGAS - Police say rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is in a Las Vegas jail on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife.
The 43-year-old Knight was arrested Wednesday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and battery domestic violence.
Police responding to a report of a car hitting a curb near the Las Vegas Strip say they found Knight standing over his longtime girlfriend with a knife in his hand.
Police say the woman tried to run from the car, but Knight grabbed her.
He's accused of having the drugs Ecstasy and hydrocodone when he was arrested.
Knight's lawyers, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, declined to comment.
Knight is co-founder of the hip-hop label Death Row Records.
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