The actress who plays “Snoop” on HBO’s series “The Wire” was arrested Thursday and charged with marijuana possession.
Felicia Pearson, 28, of the 3400 block of Glenmore Ave., was arrested at 10:15 a.m. after officers assigned to make sure she attends court hearings forced their way into her residence.
The officers, called a “body attachment” because they’re ordered by a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge to keep track of witnesses, noticed two marijuana cigars in an ashtray in a second-floor bedroom Pearson had just left.
Police found more marijuana on top of the kitchen cabinet, according to charging documents.
Pearson was taken to Baltimore City’s Central Booking and Intake facility, where she was held on a $2,500 bond.
Pearson was wanted by police because she’s a witness in the murder trial of her friend, Steven Lashley, 30, of Dundalk.
She and Lashley were hanging out along The Block in Baltimore at 2:20 a.m. on Sept. 22, 2005, when Pearson got involved in an argument with Tyrell Roseborough inside New York Fried Chicken, police said.
“The argument appears to have started because Tyrell attempted to ‘holler’ at Felicia Pearson and she rebuffed him,” Baltimore homicide detective Todd Corriveau wrote in a report. “At the time, Lashley and Felicia Pearson were friends and sometimes met with each other/sat in strip clubs on ‘the block.’ ”
The argument escalated, with Lashley joining on Pearson’s side and Roseborough’s brother, Raymond, and friend, Stanley Thomas, joining on his side, police said.
Police officers then entered the eatery and made the five people leave.
As the two groups departed, their cars happened to be parked near each other, at Water and Commerce streets, police said.
The argument continued, and Lashley drew a knife and stabbed the three men, killing Thomas, police said.
In a taped interview with police, Pearson denied that her rejection of Tyrell Roseborough caused the argument.
After Corriveau questioned her about the fight’s origin, she responded: “I don’t really know ’cause he came in all drunk and rowdy and whatever, and the man just start saying (inaudible) drunk,” according to a transcript.
Corriveau then asked her if Roseborough tried to flirt.
“He ain’t try to flirt with me or no [expletive] like that,” Pearson responded. “It was so tight in there. … He was saying something like um
I don’t know what the [expletive] he was (inaudible) but I mean, I’m like what (inaudible) [expletive] man get out of my face.”
The detective then asked whether she knew Lashley was going to stab the men.
“Hell no,” she said.
Pearson, who recently published a book called “Grace after Midnight: A Memoir,” could not be reached for comment. In 1996, she was sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder.
Lashley’s trial is scheduled for Sept. 17.
