CSI star Gary Dourdan charged with possessing 'hillbilly heroin'

By Mike Larkin
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Former CSI actor Gary Dourdan has been charged with possessing a drug known as 'hillbilly heroin.'

He faces up to a year in jail after Los Angeles City Attorney's Office charged him with carrying oxycontin when he allegedly smashed into several parked cars in Hollywood last month.

Dourdan was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police officers had initially believed Dourdan was in possession of ecstasy during the June 13 incident, but detectives later identified it as the powerful prescription painkiller.

Not his first arrest: Gary Dourdan was also arrested on a previous drug possession charge in Palm Springs in 2008, where this mugshot was taken

Not his first brush with the law: Gary Dourdan was also arrested on a previous drug possession charge in Palm Springs in 2008, where this mugshot was taken

It derives its street name due to its similar affects to heroin.

The 44-year-old star, whose character was killed off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2008, was arrested after allegedly ploughing his car into several parked vehicles.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, responding officers found several pills in Dourdan's possession.

He was taken into custody and booked at the Pacific Division Police Station in the Venice neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

He posted $10,000 bail and was released about eight hours after his arrest.

However he will not be criminally punished for the damage to the cars, as that is a matter for insurance companies.

Arrest sheet: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department posted the details of Dourdan's arrest on its website, although his name is misspelled

Arrest sheet: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department posted the details of Dourdan's arrest on its website today, although his name is misspelled

Dourdan has been in trouble with the law before.

Not long after he was let go from CSI in 2008, Dourdan was arrested in Palm Springs, California after police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car.

Officers found him in possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy.

Star making role: Dourdan played investigator Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Star making role: Dourdan played investigator Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

He avoided prison time by agreeing to a plea agreement and entering a drug-diversion program.

Dourdan is known his green eyes and striking good looks and was voted as one of Hollywood's 'Sexiest' actors by TV Guide Magazine in 2008.

The actor is currently single, but was married to supermodel Roshumba Williams from 1992 to 1994.

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