Daily Show Fodder: Mary Ann Caught Driving Stoned

Former Gilligan's Island star caught with marijuana in car

A surprise birthday party for Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," ended with a nearly three-hour tour of the Teton County sheriff's office and jail when the 69-year-old was caught with marijuana in her vehicle while driving home.

Wells is now serving six months' unsupervised probation for the crime. 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.

When Gutierrez asked why he could smell marijuana, Wells reportedly told him that she'd just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped them off when they began smoking something. When Gutierrez searched the car, he found three half-smoked joints in the ashtray and console, according to the report. A second search after Wells' arrest netted a fourth half-smoked joint and two small cases used to store marijuana, Gutierrez said.

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Comments

[TraceyUK]

There's a good 'Mary-Jane' pun there...

[sylvia plath]

Anyone want to post a screen grab of Jon with the Spitzer bib? That cracked me up!

[meaculpa]

I'll get you that screencap in just a bit.