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When Dawn Wells - Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island' - Was Busted for Marijuana
Gilligan's Island co-star Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann and passed away on December 30, was arrested for marijuana possession in 2007.
When Idaho police stopped her car for swerving in Driggs on the night of Wells' 69th birthday on October 18, 2007, they detected the smell of marijuana. Four partially smoked joints were found in the car. Wells claimed she'd picked up a few hitchhikers who smoked in the vehicle.
Wells was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, driving under the influence (she failed a field-sobriety test) and reckless driving, which she pled guilty to on February 29, 2008. The other counts were dropped.
The Nevada-born actress received a five-day jail sentence, six months' unsupervised probation and a $410 fine.
Known best for her role on Gilligan's Island as gingham-dress wearing Kansas farm-girl Mary Ann Summers in 98 episodes from 1964-1967, Wells also appeared on 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eyes and other TV shows from 1961-2019.
Gilligan's Island also starred Bob Denver as Gilligan, Alan Hale Jr. as Captain Grumby, Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III, Tina Louise as Ginger Grant, Natalie Wentworth as Lovie and Russell
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Dawn Wells Sets Record Straight About Arrest
By:OK! Staff
March 14 2008, Published 8:26 a.m. ET
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Former Gilligan's Island star Dawn Wells clears the air about her recent traffic indiscretion, asserting that the marijuana found in her car the night of her arrest was not hers.
"I need to put the kibosh on rumors. It was my birthday and I was coming from a dinner. The marijuana found in the car was not mine," she tells Entertainment Tonight. "The marijuana charge was dismissed and the person whom it belonged to went to jail. There was no DUI charge. I want to make it clear that I was charged with a traffic offense."
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The 69-year-old actress was pulled over on Oct. 18 in Teton County, Idaho, for swerving, whereupon police discovered the marijuana. The possession charge was dropped when a third party came forward to claim ownership of the drug. Dawn attributes the swerving to fumbling around with the heater control, not to alcohol despite failing a field sobriety test.
"I was trying to turn on the heater and was in an unfamiliar car. But I've only had one ticket in my life and I was going seven miles over the speed limit," she says.
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