Leif Garrett's Latest Drug Mess

"Feel the Need" crooner busted for heroin possession in Los Angeles

By Josh Grossberg Feb 03, 2010 3:30 PMTags
Leif GarrettKevin Winter/Getty Images

Leif Garrett was made for dancin'...and for runnin' afoul of L.A.'s finest.

The once-upon-a-time teen idol was collared by sheriff's deputies Monday and charged with heroin possession.

According to a sheriff's spokeswoman, officers patrolling a downtown Metrolink train station deemed that Garrett was sweating, shaking and acting suspiciously. He was searched, admitted to having black tar heroin in his shoe, and he was taken into custody around 11:20 a.m. He was sprung after posting bond this morning.

This isn't the first time the 48-year-old singer-actor has ran into trouble taking public transport. (Dude, nobody takes transit in L.A.; you're automatically suspicious.)

Garrett was arrested on similar charges in 2006 after being found in possession of heroin and quaaludes on the Metro Red Line. He wound up spending 90 days in jail for that ill-fated train ride.

The fallen Tiger Beat pinup also entered a court-ordered drug treatment program after violating his probation for a 2005 cocaine charge, one of a string of drug busts for Garrett over the past decade.

He's due in court for his latest misstep on Feb. 24.

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Leif is the latest celeb who's run afoul with the law. For more, just take a gander at our Court Appearances photo gallery.