This weekend, Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas for cocaine possession. After police pulled over her boyfriend, Cy Waits' black Cadillac Escalade under the suspicion that there was some major "Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High" going on inside it and took them to a "security office," Paris was searched and discovered she was housing "a white substance" in her purse. Poor guy probably had nowhere else to go.
Radar Online reports Hilton, after claiming the purse wasn't hers but was merely slung over her arm and was just the compartment she was using that night to hold her things, might be able to beat the possession charges because police searched her when she was already "securely at an office," as opposed to at the scene where the car was pulled over. That's considered an "illegal search of a person," which means Paris might be able to get the D.A. to drop the charges because the police department failed to follow protocol.
However, now TMZ is reporting Paris will be charged with a felony, as the amount of cocaine in her possession was .8 grams. That's more than a Frosty the Snowman from Minnesota weighs I bet! It also says when cops asked Paris about the coke, she said she thought it was gum. As in the kind that's grainy and tears a hole in your septum the size of a quarter.
Sources: TMZ, Radar Online