Gilligan's No Dope: Cops Plea
Denver, 63, pleaded no contest to a downgraded count of simple pot possession in a West Virginia court August 18, it was learned today. For this Un-Crime of the Century, the former sitcom star got slapped with six months' unsupervised probation. By copping a plea, he headed off a trial scheduled for next week.
In another development, a narcotics detective on the case today confirmed Wells--once Mary Ann to Denver's Gilligan--was under investigation for being a key link to the pot package that got her TV colleague busted.
Denver was arrested last June 4 after police said they confiscated 35 grams of marijuana in a parcel delivered to his Princeton, West Virginia, home. (Another 10 grams of the drug were said to be found inside the house.)
Denver told police he telephoned Wells in California to set up the marijuana shipment, Detective Keith Compton of the Princeton Police said. Compton said it's believed an unknown third party in Colorado did the actual packaging and mailing.
Wells, 59, has not been arrested nor charged with any wrongdoing. The local district attorney's office in Princeton declined to bring charges against Wells, Compton said. The prosecutor could not be reached for comment.
Calls to the publicist for both Denver and Wells went unreturned.
Based on interviews with Denver and old check stubs, Compton said the actor allegedly placed pot orders totaling some $6,000 through Wells, dating back to 1995.
(ORIGINALLY POSTED 11:40 a.m. PT)





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