Leif Garrett charged with heroin possession in LA

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This booking photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows former 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett, 48, after he was arrested after allegedly carrying heroin into a Los Angeles subway station. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.)

Former 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett has been charged with felony possession of heroin after his arrest in a Los Angeles subway station.

The 48-year-old singer and actor was charged Friday and is free on bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned on February 24.

Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says deputies confronted Garrett at the downtown Metro Red Line station on Monday. They say he admitted having black tar heroin in his shoe.

Garrett was also arrested for heroin possession at an LA subway station in 2006.

A phone message left for publicist Barbara Papageorge was not immediately returned, and it was not clear if Garrett had an attorney.

Garrett had a handful of hit songs and was a constant cover boy on teen magazines in the 1970s.