Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Report says Lincecum has agreement on pot charge

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A newspaper says San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge.

The charge stemmed from an Oct. 30 traffic stop in which a Washington State Patrol trooper said the 2008 Cy Young Award winner was doing 74 mph in a 60 mph zone on Interstate 5, a few miles north of Vancouver, Wash.

Clark County deputy prosecutor Grant Hansen said Friday that his office is willing to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of possessing 3.3 grams of marijuana. Lincecum would pay a $250 fine for possessing a marijuana pipe.

Hansen told The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., that the agreement - still to be approved by a judge - is standard for first-time marijuana offenders who are cooperative.

2009-11-07     05:32:37 GMT

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