Report says Lincecum has agreement on pot charge
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- 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.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
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