The Brittany mantra could fit quite well with this story about Dawn Wells. The actress who played the innocent little sweet heart for years on “Gilligan’s Island” is currently serving six months of unsupervised probation on a drug charge in Idaho.

First, Mary Ann is a naive and sweet girl who obviously doesn’t know that you never drive around in Idaho with your stash in the car and secondly, she’s been stuck on that island for decades and well….she’s sweet!

Last month Wells was sentenced to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. She had been charged with driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and having with her some drug paraphernalia. However, those more serious misdemeanor charges were dropped, although, in today’s world, driving under the influence is no laughing matter and should never be treated lightly.

All this stems from being pulled over back in October 2007 when she got nabbed by a Teton County police officer after he noticed that Wells was driving erratically. After watching her swerve, speed up and slow down without apparent reason, the police officer decided to pull the car over. Wells, age 69, was returning home from a surprise birthday party, and SURPRISE, she got hauled off to jail after the officer smelled marijuana in the car and under inspection found a half-smoked doobie and two small empty cases that can be used to store grass in. She then proceeded to miserably fail the administered sobriety test.

For her defense, Wells stated the marijuana wasn’t hers but belonged to a couple of passengers she had dropped off and that she was unaware of it, thought they were smoking a cigarette. Those at the party testified that she had little to drink at that evening’s party. Her lawyer stated that Wells was swerving because she was trying to adjust the heater in her new and unfamiliar car.

The judge took all of this testimony into account, discharging the 3 major accusations but hitting her with the driving under the influence charge which comes with the automatic five days, small fine and six month probation.

See, we told you she was still sweet and innocent.

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