Shia LaBeouf

Criminal charges facing Shia LaBeouf have just been dropped. The 21-year-old actor got himself into trouble last month for refusing to leave a Chicago Walgreens. After the drug store staff called the police on Nov. 4, the allegedly drunk-acting Transformers star was taken into custody briefly before being released for “very courteous and polite” behavior, according to officials at the time. Mr. LaBeouf only had to appear before the judge for a few minutes this morning, reportedly smiling as he learned that the misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge had been flushed. He next stars alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which opens next year. [AP]

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In the wee-hours of yesterday morning, actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested in a Chicago Walgreens after the “new Tom Hanks” was apparently acting drunk and refused to leave the store. LeBeouf fans will be pleased to learn that, after he was taken into custody by the police, the actor was “very courteous and polite.” Let’s just hope that the fresh-faced Mr. LaBeouf has no plans to follow cherubic crooner Hillary Duff’s late-night lead! After all, as our own Sara Vilkomerson reported last July, being an “over-hyped youngster” can take its toll.

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