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Zebra 3 · 03-11-2008, 03:14 PM

(AP) DRIGGS, Idaho - Perhaps they should have called her Mary Jane.

A surprise birthday party for Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," ended with a nearly three-hour tour of the Teton County sheriff's office and jail when the 69-year-old was caught with marijuana in her vehicle while driving home.

Wells is now serving six months' unsupervised probation. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving.

Prosecutors dropped misdemeanour counts of driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

According to a sheriff's, Wells over was pulled over after she swerved across the fog lines and centre lines of State Highway 33 and repeatedly speeded up and slowed down.

The officer who stopped her said he smelled burning marijuana.

Wells reportedly told him that she'd just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped them off when they began smoking something.

Police found three half-smoked joints in the ashtray, a fourth half-smoked joint and two small cases used to store marijuana.

Wells' lawyer Ron Swafford said a friend admitted he'd left a small amount of marijuana in the car after having used it that day and that Wells was unaware of it.

Wells is the founder of the Idaho Film and Television Institute in Driggs and the organizer of the region's annual family movie festival called the Spud Fest.

kooky12 · 03-11-2008, 03:26 PM

Wow, they just dropped a DUI charge ?

AB · 03-11-2008, 05:30 PM

Interesting story!

mrs.gingerhinkley · 03-11-2008, 06:15 PM

Oh my gosh. This is indeed interesting and distressing.
I'll wait to see if anything more comes out of this before I place any judgement against 'MaryAnn'.
hm...
I'd say thanks for posting... but then again... ;-]

mrs.gingerhinkley · 03-11-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebra 3

A surprise birthday party for Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann .

Wait a second? What do they mean by that? Her birthday is the 18th of October?

And she was in jail for five days after the 29th? That means she just got out for Sherwood's Walk of Fame induction....

Lee · 03-11-2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mrs.gingerhinkley

Wait a second? What do they mean by that? Her birthday is the 18th of October?

And she was in jail for five days after the 29th? That means she just got out for Sherwood's Walk of Fame induction....

The arrest happened on October 18th. An article on Yahoo says that.

mrs.gingerhinkley · 03-11-2008, 07:38 PM

aah, thanks. yeah, that is a crappy birthday.

caladon · 03-11-2008, 08:34 PM

She even looks cute in her mug shot.

Ireneparalegal · 03-11-2008, 08:39 PM

I guess the secret to being sweet and youthful looking is smoking pot?

Besides, this is not the first time she was in trouble for having pot. In 1998 Bob Denver (Gilligan) got caught receiving 30 grams of bud in the mail from Dawn Wells, who had played the perky Mary Anne.

Here is one of many links regarding that:
http://www.nndb.com/people/827/000023758/

Brian Damage · 03-11-2008, 08:48 PM

I love the title!

Ohio8 · 03-12-2008, 05:23 PM

Mary Ann meets Mary Jane.

gilligan fanatic · 03-14-2008, 07:43 AM

Crazy, isn't-lol

Fleet · 03-14-2008, 09:50 PM

It wouldn't have happened if she were with me. I would have told her that marijuana is a no-no.

mrs.gingerhinkley · 03-15-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleet

It wouldn't have happened if she were with me. I would have told her that marijuana is a no-no.

...wait, are you saying, Fleet, that if she was with you she would actually have the time to smoke marijuana?

03-11-2008, 03:14 PM	#1
Zebra 3 Striped Tomato Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 26, 2002 Location: Bay City Posts: 5,812	Ex-Gilligan's Islander gets three-hour tour of prison (AP) DRIGGS, Idaho - Perhaps they should have called her Mary Jane. A surprise birthday party for Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," ended with a nearly three-hour tour of the Teton County sheriff's office and jail when the 69-year-old was caught with marijuana in her vehicle while driving home. Wells is now serving six months' unsupervised probation. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. Prosecutors dropped misdemeanour counts of driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance. According to a sheriff's, Wells over was pulled over after she swerved across the fog lines and centre lines of State Highway 33 and repeatedly speeded up and slowed down. The officer who stopped her said he smelled burning marijuana. Wells reportedly told him that she'd just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped them off when they began smoking something. Police found three half-smoked joints in the ashtray, a fourth half-smoked joint and two small cases used to store marijuana. Wells' lawyer Ron Swafford said a friend admitted he'd left a small amount of marijuana in the car after having used it that day and that Wells was unaware of it. Wells is the founder of the Idaho Film and Television Institute in Driggs and the organizer of the region's annual family movie festival called the Spud Fest.
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03-11-2008, 06:15 PM	#4
mrs.gingerhinkley Bette Davis Fan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 2,478	Oh my gosh. This is indeed interesting and distressing. I'll wait to see if anything more comes out of this before I place any judgement against 'MaryAnn'. hm... I'd say thanks for posting... but then again... ;-]
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03-11-2008, 03:26 PM	#2
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