Pubdate: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 Source: Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY) Copyright: 2004 Daily Freeman Contact: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3269 Website: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/ Author: Hallie Arnold, Freeman staff Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) GARFUNKEL FACES THE MUSIC Admits Drug Charge, Pays Fine HURLEY - Singer Art Garfunkel has pleaded guilty to marijuana possession and paid a $100 fine, bringing to a close the case that began with his arrest last month on state Route 28. Garfunkel's attorney, Kingston lawyer Michael Federoff, was scheduled to appear in Hurley Town Court on Garfunkel's behalf Wednesday afternoon but instead entered a guilty plea on Feb. 4, and Garfunkel paid a $100 fine and a $100 state surcharge, court officials said on Wednesday. The case originally was to be heard Jan. 28 but was postponed. Garfunkel, 62, of Manhattan, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, after the limousine in which he was riding was pulled over for speeding Jan. 17 on Route 28 in Hurley. The state trooper who stopped the limo smelled marijuana upon approaching the vehicle and, during a search, found a bag containing 6 grams of the drug in Garfunkel's jacket pocket, police said at the time. The driver of the limo, Ousmane Toure of the Bronx, was ticketed for speeding. Garfunkel and his musical partner Paul Simon completed a 30-city concert tour of the United States in December, and Garfunkel was on his way to Woodstock when his limo was stopped, police have said. Simon and Garfunkel recorded five albums as a duo in the 1960s and are known for such songs as "Mrs. Robinson," "The Sounds of Silence," "The Boxer" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." The 2003 concert tour was their first in 20 years. Garfunkel has issued no statement about his arrest, either through Federoff or his New York City public relations firm, Rogers and Cowan. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake