Playboy Playmate Busted for Possession of Methamphetamines
Playboy Playmate Suzanne Stokes – Miss February 2000 – was arrested last night in Los Angeles on felony drug possession charges when the cops found meth in her car. Police initially stopped Stokes for running a stop sign in Hollywood. During that stop, they learned that she had an active arrest warrant stemming from a previous traffic violation. They then searched her car, found the drugs and arrested her for possession of methamphetamines.
Possession of methamphetamines is a wobbler, which means that the prosecutor may charge the offense as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on (1) the circumstances of the case, and (2) Stokes’s criminal history. The fact that the cops discovered the meth as a result of learning that she had an outstanding warrant certainly doesn’t bode well for her, but if that is the extent of her criminal history, prosecutors will probably go with the misdemeanor filing unless she possessed enough meth that they believe she intended to sell it.
If convicted of possession of meth, Stokes faces up to three years in prison for a felony or up to one year in a county jail for a misdemeanor. As long as she is charged with simple possession…as opposed to possession for sales…she would likely qualify for a drug diversion program which will allow her to participate in drug rehabilitation in lieu of a jail or prison sentence.
