Steelers' Santonio Holmes sidelined by marijuana charge
Pittsburgh Steelers10/25/2008 9:34 AM The Post-Gazette reports Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, who has been dogged by a variety of legal troubles in recent years, will not play in tomorrow's home game against the New York Giants because of his latest scrape with the law. Pittsburgh police on Thursday afternoon pulled over Mr. Holmes' sport utility vehicle near Mellon Arena and found three marijuana-filled cigars. Mr. Holmes told the officers that he had smoked marijuana in the vehicle the day before, according to a police affidavit. Officers charged Mr. Holmes, 24, of Ohio Township, with a misdemeanor count of prohibited acts, in this case having a small amount of marijuana. Mr. Holmes did not seem impaired, so officers let him go. They are charging him through the mail by summons. Read more