Tuesday Train Wreck
If the news about her arrest had arrived sooner I could have made Dawn Wells my Monday Memory, but instead she gets to be this week’s Tuesday Train Wreck.
By now you might have heard she was arrested back in October and it appeared at the time she was under the influence of marijuana.
Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island,” is serving six months’ unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car.
She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving.
Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts — driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance — were dropped.
On Oct. 18, Teton County sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Gutierrez arrested Wells as she was driving home from a surprise birthday party that was held for her. According to the sheriff’s office report, Gutierrez pulled Wells over after noticing her swerve and repeatedly speed up and slow down. When Gutierrez asked about a marijuana smell, Wells said she’d just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped them off when they began smoking something. Gutierrez found half-smoked joints and two small cases used to store marijuana.
I am not going to argue whether or not the use of marijuana is a bad thing or not, but I am going to mention that any 69 year old woman who wants to light up, should be allowed too. I just don’t think she should have been driving her car while doing so. Personally, I don’t think she did it. She may have hired those guys to install one of those walk in bathtubs, or maybe even do some handiwork around the house. Who knows, maybe she was just giving them a ride. Give the girl a break.
Thanks for the memories, Dawn!