Acting on an anonymous tip, Pennsylvania police pulled over Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes driving a black Range Rover Oct. 23 with Florida license plates. Although it was not the vehicle police were seeking, they allegedly smelled cannabis as they approached it. Holmes admitted to having a small amount of marijuana, pointing out three blunts to officers. He was issued a summons for possession of marijuana. An Allegheny County DA told the judge she agreed with the defense that police didn’t have sufficient cause to pull Holmes over, given that police were unable to identify who called in the tip, and dismissed the charge.

San Francisco Giants All-Star starter pitcher Tim Lincecum, 2008 Cy Young Award winner and local-hero U of Washington baseball star, was pulled over for speeding Oct. 30 and cited for possession in Washington, his home state. A State Patrol officer stopped the 25-year-old Lincecum for driving 74 in a 60 MPH zone on Interstate 5 some four miles north of the Oregon border, when he allegedly smelled the odor of cannabis. Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over his 3.3-gram stash and a pipe from the car’s center console. Possession of up to 40 grams for personal use is a minor misdemeanor in WA, but Lincecum pled down to an infraction: possession of the pipe. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler noted that far from being a negative for Lincecum, the incident “might even enhance his stature” among Giants fans in the Bay Area. He made history Nov.

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