Friday, August 15, 2025 - Comedian and actor,
Paul Rodriguez was arrested earlier this week in Burbank on suspicion of
narcotics possession.
The arrest unfolded Monday evening at around 8:30 p.m. in a
parking structure in Burbank’s downtown area, The Los Angeles Times reported.
A witness reportedly requested a welfare check, reporting
concern about a man, later identified as Rodriguez, and a woman leaving a
nearby restaurant who appeared “under the influence and not alert.” Officers
located the individuals matching the reporting party’s description.
Rodriguez was reportedly behind the wheel of the vehicle, with the woman in the
passenger seat.
“The investigation led to the discovery of alprazolam
[Xanax] and heroin inside of the female’s personal bag,” Burbank Police Sgt.
Stephen Turner told The Times, adding that the woman was arrested on
suspicion of drug possession.
Inside the 70-year-old entertainer’s vehicle, officers also
reportedly found pills suspected of being fentanyl and Xanax, though Rodriguez
denied that the drugs were his.
This arrest comes on the heels of another run-in with
Burbank police in March, when he was allegedly found to be in possession of
narcotics during a traffic stop.
In that instance, Rodriguez told TMZ that he was a
passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation and that a “Caucasian”
police officer on a “power trip” slapped him to wake him up.
Bobby Samini, the actor’s attorney, told the outlet that
Rodriguez cooperated with law enforcement and was not under the influence, nor
did he have any controlled substances on his person, adding that the March 28
arrest was a violation of his client’s civil rights and that they would
establish “Mr. Rodriguez’s innocence in a court of law.”
The Mexican-born comic, who grew up in East L.A., is best known for his standup comedy work, though he began working as an actor in sitcoms in the 1980s and starred in well-known films like “Blood Work” with Clint Eastwood and “The Whoopee Boys” with Michael O’Keefe.
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