'Wire' actress arrested on drug charges

August 22, 2008 An actress who appeared on the HBO series "The Wire" has been arrested on minor drug charges. Court records show Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who played a killer of the same name on the television series, was charged after police went to her home in Northeast Baltimore to pick her up for refusing to cooperate as a witness in a murder trial. Court documents said Pearson is accused of having two cigars containing suspected marijuana in a bedroom and loose plant material.

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