The Vallejo Times-Herald
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-
Funk music pioneer George Clinton was arrested and charged with drug possession after allegedly admitting to an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton was sitting by himself in a car in a gas station parking lot early Saturday when a police officer approached him, said Tallahassee Police spokesman Stewart Clendinen.
Clinton tried to hide an item he was holding, dropping it between the seats, police said. He then started to reach into his pocket and the officer asked him if he had anything in his pocket.
Clinton allegedly responded: "I've got a little cocaine."
The item he dropped between the seats turned out to be a crackpipe, police said.
Clinton was charged with cocaine possession, a felony, and with possession of the pipe.