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Rapper T.I., famous for pop hits "Whatever You Like" and "Dead and Gone", will soon need help from a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, since the rapper and his wife were both arrested on drug possession charges earlier this week in West Hollywood. The Los Angeles Times reports that T.I, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was pulled over in West Hollywood for a traffic violation. However, when sheriff's deputies smelled marijuana coming from his vehicle during the traffic stop, an investigation ignited.

T.I and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle were found to be in possession of a controlled substance during the investigation. They were both taken to the West Hollywood sheriff's station and booked on felony drug possession charges.

The trial around the Anna Nicole Smith case just got a bit more complex.

A doctor has been accused of illegally funneling prescription drugs to Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith before her death. While Dr. Sandeep Kapoor has not been charged for causing the celebrity's death, he still faces at least five years in prison if he is convicted of illegally funneling prescription drugs and unlawfully obtaining a prescription by a false name. Many Anna Nicole Smith fans feel that Dr. Sandeep Kapoor is in some ways responsible for the model's death because the woman was reportedly found dead in 2007 in a Florida hotel room due to a drug overdose.

Associated Press reports that the doctor's Los Angeles criminal defense attorney tried to get the two drug charges dropped, but a judge denied the motion to dismiss the charges. Not only is Dr. Sandeep Kapoor facing criminal charges after Anna Nicole Smith's 2007 death, but Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and the model's former lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern have also pleaded not guilty to conspiring to illegally providing sedatives and opiates to the victim. The three defendants have been accused of giving illegal drugs to the former model between June 2004 and February 2007.

Drug crimes occur frequently in Los Angeles, but most people would not expect law enforcers to find black tar heroin or methamphetamine inside a courthouse, especially not in the hands of a criminal defense lawyer.

Yet the downtown Los Angeles courthouse seems to be just full of surprises and unexpected arrests. The Los Angeles Times reports that a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney from Beverly Hills was found in possession of about 19 grams of heroin and about 2 grams of methamphetamine inside a secure area of the courthouse once a sheriff's department dog suspected that the lawyer was in possession of drugs.

A recent story in the city of Long Beach shows how a typical drug raid can yield multiple drug arrests, along with some charges that are considered to be even more severe among Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys.

The Los Angeles Daily Breeze reports that five women and four men were among the people arrested during a Long Beach drug raid on Tuesday, in which Manhattan Beach police officers were investigating stolen property and drug activity. Detectives and sharpshooters from the Manhattan Beach Police Department had a narcotics-related search warrant for the location of 6273 Downey Ave, where the arrests took place.

A San Marino man was arrested for alleged pot cultivation on Monday after police obtained a search warrant to enter the man's home. Authorities say that they found more than 700 marijuana plants in different stages of cultivation, along with commercial lighting and temperature control devices.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the suspect, Alexander Moy, is being held on $50,000 bail. It was neighbors of Alexander Moy that initially reported their suspicions to police about a townhouse on the 10900 block of Basye Street. Neighbors said that they saw people coming and going at all hours of the night from the house and that the house had blackened-out windows.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And in the time of an economic crisis, Californians must find a new way to face the current $20 billion deficit. In an attempt to solve the state's money troubles, some are hoping that a law to legalize, tax, and regulate the sale of marijuana will come into play.

The New York Times reported last week that the California voter initiative to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana officially qualified for the November ballot. The passage of this initiative would make California the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana.

Los Angeles Police Department officials believe that the 1980s teen actor Corey Haim died of an accidental drug overdose on March 10, and have even arrested an unidentified suspect that may or may not have directly provided Mr. Haim with the drugs.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the suspect was part of an alleged prescription drug ring. The drug ring supposedly operates by using stolen doctor identities to order prescription drug pads from authorized sellers. A shocking 5,000 fraudulent prescriptions have so far been linked to this drug ring.

It's reported that Mr. Haim, who was in 1980s movies like "The Lost Boys" and "License to Drive," struggled with drug problems in recent years. Police believe that the actor received drugs from the prescription drug ring, which ultimately led to his death.

Here's an odd story for a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney.

The Orange County Register reports that a 62-year-old man was arrested in Garden Grove on suspicion of growing marijuana after he had told the cops that his house was being robbed. Police say that several people broke into Dennis Edgar Chailland's home on Wednesday trying to steal his marijuana plants. At least one of the robbers was said to have had a gun. But by the time authorities arrived at the scene, the robbers were gone, along with a laptop computer, an iPod, a wallet with cash, and possibly marijuana plants.