Every little step Bobby Brown takes these days seems to land him in trouble.This time around, however, he got lucky.
The erstwhile King of New Jack Swing has accepted an offer from authorities in Brockton, Massachusetts, to perform one year of community service in return for prosecutors not filing drug charges against him stemming from his Dec. 1 arrest in a hotel parking lot.
Brown, 39, was found outside a Holiday Inn in the Boston suburb sitting in his Lincoln Navigator SUV. "Very small amounts of cocaine residue" were found in his possession after officers responded to a 911 call about a possible brawl taking place there.
Per a spokesperson for the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Brockton District Court Clerk Magistrate Kevin Creedon decided against a recommendation by state police to bring a drug charge against the R&B bad boy.
Instead, the magistrate opted for community service, which he told the Boston Herald could best be served by mentoring children and young adults in a city that has been racked with violence in recent years—as opposed to picking up trash off the highway.
Brown's Beantown-based lawyer Stephanie Soriano confirmed that the crooner avoided a possible jail term in taking the deal.
"No criminal charges will issue," she told the Herald. "Mr. Brown will be accepting the recommendation of the court."
The legal eagle added that Brown was satisfied with the arrangement, noting "it's something he wants to do anyway."
He's expected to start his community service within the next couple of months.
Of course, kids these days could learn a few things about what not to do from the Being Bobby Brown star. The former superstar's career stalled in the wake of repeated arrests on charges ranging from drunken driving to failure to pay child support.
Brown has also been busy petitioning an Orange County, California, court to set aside the 2006 divorce judgment that gave ex-wife Whitney Houston full custody of their 14-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina. Both singers were MIA for a court hearing in the matter last month.