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Rollins released from jail after arrest on driving under influence charge - this makes the fifth time within 18 months that actor Howard Rollins has been arrested for alleged drunk driving - Brief Article

Jet, Nov 29, 1993

Actor Howard Rollins, co-star of the hit TV series, "In The Heat of the Night" was recently released from a Georgia jail after being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.

A friend posted $10,000 bond for Rollins. The 42-year-old actor was arrested after his car was seen weaving in traffic, said Police Chief Roland Vaughn of the Conyers, Ga., Police Department.

It was his fifth arrest in a year and a half for allegedly driving drunk, recklessly or too fast.

Rollins plays lawyers and former policeman Virgil Tibbs in the TV series, which is filmed in nearby Convington, Ga.

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