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R&B singer Robin Thicke arrested on New York City pot possession charge

By: The Associated Press

Posted: 02/17/2012 2:39 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

Robin Thicke attends the U.S. premiere of "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. (EVAN AGOSTINI / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Police say R&B singer-songwriter Robin Thicke has been arrested on a drug possession charge in New York City.

The 34-year-old is the son of Alan Thicke, who played patriarch Jason Seaver on the long-running ABC comedy "Growing Pains."

He was arrested early Friday afternoon in Manhattan near Madison Square Park.

Police say they saw him smoking a joint while inside a black SUV. He was given a desk appearance ticket and released.

A call to his publicist wasn't immediately returned.

Thicke has written and produced songs for Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera and others. He also began recording songs himself, and his 2009 hit "Sex Therapy" was at the top of the R&B charts. His fifth album, Love After War, was released in December.

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