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Actor Shia LaBeouf a no-show in court after smoking citation
By Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES -- No thank you for smoking, Shia LaBeouf. A $1,000 bench warrant was issued for LaBeouf on Tuesday after the star of “Transformers” and the upcoming “Indiana Jones” film failed to appear in court on a charge of lighting up where he shouldn’t.

The 21-year-old was cited last month for unlawful smoking, according to the warrant, which didn’t contain details on the circumstances or location of the offense.

He was scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles County courthouse Tuesday on the misdemeanor offense, but neither he nor his lawyer showed up, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

A message left with LaBeouf’s publicist was not immediately returned.

LaBeouf’s squeaky-clean, low-profile image hardly suffered from a separate arrest late last year on a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge for failing to leave a Chicago drugstore. Arresting police in that incident noted that LaBeouf was “very courteous and polite,” and the charge was dropped because the Walgreens store didn’t want to pursue the matter.

LaBeouf starred on the Disney Channel show “Even Stevens” and can next be seen on the big screen opposite Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
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A $1,000 bench warrant was issued for the 21-year-old actor Shia LaBeouf after he failed to appear in court Tuesday on an unlawful smoking charge. (AP File Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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matt wrote on Mar 19, 2008 4:55 PM:

" this will sky rocket his career, he is now the next bad boy actor. move over brad pitt make way for shia "

Gov't Depressed Mule wrote on Mar 19, 2008 1:13 PM:

" Shia's now a wanted fugitive. He has shown no respect for the law or for others. This will probably signal the end of his career. I don't think he deserves jail time, but he should do community service. Picking up cigarette butts would be a good sentence. "

Gov't oppressed Mule wrote on Mar 19, 2008 9:36 AM:

" WAY TO GO SHIA! FIGHT THE OPPRESSORS! "
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