Shia LaBeouf Pleads Not Guilty to Unlawful Smoking Charge
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Shia LaBeouf has pleaded not guilty to an unlawful smoking charge.
Attorney Michael Norris entered the plea on behalf of the 21-year-old actor Wednesday, a day after a judge issued a $1,000 bench warrant for LaBeouf's arrest.
The bench warrant, which didn't contain details on the circumstances or the location of the offense, was dismissed.
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LaBeouf, who was cited last month, was scheduled to be arraigned on the misdemeanor charge but he failed to appear at Tuesday's hearing.
A hearing is set for April 24. If convicted, the "Transformers" star faces a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
LaBeouf was arrested in November for refusing to leave a Chicago drugstore, but prosecutors later dropped charges because Walgreen Co. and a security company indicated they didn't want to continue the case.
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He starred on the Disney Channel show "Even Stevens" and can next be seen on the big screen opposite Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."