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In San Diego on Tuesday, Griffin O’Neal confessed to driving while he was under the influence of drugs when he caused a head on collision that injured a motorist in San Pasqual back in August.

O’Neal who is the son of actor Ryan O’Neal pled guilty for driving under the influence of drugs and possession of a firearm which adds up to two felonies. O’Neal’s possession of a “firearm by a felon” is the second felony due to his previous strike that occurred in 1992 when he shot his gun in an empty vehicle in Los Angeles. Since O’Neal pleaded guilty, the other charges against him were dismissed.

The forty-seven year old San Diego criminal is scheduled January 12 for his sentencing where he could face up to four years behind bars. According to Vanessa DuVall, a San Diego Deputy District Attorney, she described that O’Neal swerved into approaching traffic where he crashed into another vehicle. The motorist experienced head and back injuries resulting from the collision. Toxicology reports uncovered that during the collision, O’Neal had amphetamines, marijuana, cocaine and Xanax in his system. It was revealed that O’Neal had a previous DUI he was convicted of and was on probation during the time of the incident. The car that the San Diego inebriated driver had driven had rock cocaine and loaded weapons stashed in the interior.

According to the Associated Press, the same day of the crash, Redmond O’Neal, Griffin O’Neal’s’ half brother, was arrested for possession of heroin when he was pulled over during a traffic stop by the police. Redmond O’Neal is the son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett.

Griffin O'Neal Pleads Guilty in DUI Crash, Sign on San Diego, November 22, 2011

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