Brown appeals to cop's discretion; fails

That Bobby Brown has been charged after being caught with a bunch of cocaine is hardly surprising - indeed, many American police stations keep to hand a rap sheet with Brown's name and 'cited for: cocaine possession' pre-printed.

But we do salute Brown's attempt to keep his powdery nose out of trouble:

According to Trooper Eric Benson, cops were called to the hotel shortly after midnight on December 1 to attend to a disturbance, and were directed to Brown, who was waiting in his car outside the building.

Upon questioning, Brown was found to be in possession of cocaine, but attempted to convince the trooper to "use discretion" and not charge him for the drugs.

We're not quite sure why Brown would assume that the trooper would think 'yes, why should I make a fuss about this one? Why, it would get Mr Brown into trouble'.