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Singer Sly Stone pleads not guilty to drug charge

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VAN NUYS, Calif.–Singer Sly Stone pleaded not guilty today to a drug charge stemming from his April 1 arrest in Los Angeles.

The 67-year-old entertainer is charged with one count of possession of cocaine base.

Stone, whose real name is Sylvester Stewart, was arrested about 4:10 a.m. April 1 by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Topanga divsion. He was released later that day on $10,000 bail.

A July 19 pretrial hearing has been set in Van Nuys Superior Court.

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