Community service for funk legend

[Umma]

Funk musician George Clinton has been given 200 hours community service and fined after pleading no contest to two drug paraphernalia charges.

Clinton, 63, was arrested last December while sitting in a car in Tallahassee, Florida, outside his recording studio.

Police said he volunteered that he had a bag of crack cocaine and a glass pipe on him.

A more serious felony charge of drug possession had been dropped at an earlier hearing.

Clinton pleaded not guilty in December, saying the arrest report was inaccurate and his arrest was unlawful.

As well as the community service order, Clinton was put on probation for two years and fined $372 (£203) in court costs.

His lawyer, Matt Willard, said Clinton hoped to be able to teach music education as part of his community work.

"He's a big supporter of the arts," Mr Willard said.

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[Shawn]

"He's a big supporter of the arts," Mr Willard said.

There is a certain art to smoking crack. ;)