Busey Charged With Cocaine Possession

Wed., May 10, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

Actor Gary Busey was charged Tuesday with felony cocaine possession in connection with an apparent drug overdose that hospitalized him for four days.

Busey, 50, was released from the hospital on Monday and later checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, said publicist Jonathan Perry.

Busey was charged with one felony count of possession of cocaine and one count each of misdemeanor possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, possession of marijuana and being under the influence of cocaine, Wilson said.

Busey was taken to Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center in serious condition Thursday night after a friend found him unconscious.

Investigators allegedly found 1.5 grams of cocaine in Busey’s shirt pocket and 4 grams of marijuana, 2 grams of mushrooms and a half-gram of cocaine in the master bedroom.

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