LEIF GARRETT - FORMER TEEN IDOL GARRETT ARRESTED ON DRUGS CHARGE

Seventies teen idol LEIF GARRETT has been arrested in Los Angeles for heroin possession and trying to ride the subway without paying for a ticket.

The 44-year-old singer, who famously dated DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN, was arrested just a few blocks from where actor BRAD RENFRO was busted last month (DEC05) attempting to buy heroin in a sting set up by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Garrett was stopped at the Pershing Square subway station in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday (14JAN06) by sheriff's deputies assigned to the station when he didn't have a valid ticket to ride the subway.

After searching the singer, officers found heroin and learned that he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

He was detained and taken to the Men's Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles and will appear in court today (18JAN06).

Garrett is being held without bail because he has an outstanding warrant for his arrest for violating the terms of his probation from a prior drug arrest last March (05).