Chace Crawford Officially Charged With Pot Possession

TV hunk will have to contend with a legal matter deep in the heart of Texas

Note to Chace Crawford: this isn't Weeds.

The Gossip Girl star was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana today, exactly one week after he was collared in the parking lot of a Texas watering hole.

Police in his home burg of Plano busted the 24-year-old actor as he and a pal were chilling outside a local pub, allegedly while packing a single unlit joint.

After reviewing the evidence, the Collin County District Attorney decided to charge Crawford with a a single misdemeanor count that includes a maximum sentence of six months in the pokey and a $2,000 fine. No court date has been set.

(Originally published June 11, 2010, at 1:38 p.m. PT)