Bakersfield, Calif. – Tom Sizemore, on probation for a drug rap, was arrested today for investigation of possession of methamphetamine.
The 45-year-old actor, who resides in Calabasas, Calif., was arrested after drugs were found in his car outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Bakersfield, said police Detective Greg Terry.
Officers were called to the hotel at about 7:30 a.m. on a report that a man had challenged an employee to fight while trying to check in, Terry said.
The man, an associate of Sizemore, had gotten into a dispute over whether he had a reservation, the detective said. Officers discovered that 33-year-old Jason Salcido of Whittier, Calif., was carrying a “narcotic smoking pipe” and was on parole, Terry said.
Police learned that he and Sizemore were together and saw the actor sitting in a 2004 Ford Mustang in the parking lot.
“He displayed symptoms of being under the influence,” Terry said of Sizemore.
A search of the car turned up two bags of suspected methamphetamine and “some additional narcotics smoking pipes,” Terry said.
Sizemore was arrested and booked at the Kern County Jail for investigation of possession of methamphetamine, being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of narcotic paraphernalia.
Calls to representatives for Sizemore, who appeared in the movies “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down,” weren’t immediately returned.
The actor was convicted of methamphetamine possession in October 2004.
His probation was revoked the next year after he acknowledged using a prosthetic device to fake a drug test and failing to be checked for drugs every three days. It was later reinstated, but Sizemore faced another parole revocation and prison time after testing positive for drug use in January 2006.
After tearfully acknowledging that he used drugs, he was given three years’ probation and ordered to submit to weekly drug tests.
The actor also was convicted in 2003 of domestic violence involving former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, an ex-girlfriend. He had been free on bail pending an appeal in that case.
Salcido was booked for investigation of possession of methamphetamine, possession of narcotic paraphernalia, being under the influence of a controlled substance, a parole violation and disturbing the peace, Terry said.
