article_snippet.sent: April 1996 - Arrested for possessing heroin, cocaine, and unloaded handgun while speeding down Sunset Boulevard .
article_snippet.sent: While on parole, a high Downey trespasses on neighbor's home and is found passed out in one of the beds.
article_snippet.sent: Sentenced to three years probation and compulsory drug testing.
article_snippet.sent: 1997 - Misses court-ordered drug test and spends four months in L.A. County jail .
article_snippet.sent: 1999 - Misses another court-ordered drug test and spends the next year in California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and state prison in Corcoran, California .
article_snippet.sent: 2000 - Released early from prison on $5,000 bail and goes on to secure celebrated role on Ally McBeal .
article_snippet.sent: July 2001 - Pleads no contest to Palm Springs charges, and avoids jail time.
article_snippet.sent: Is sent to rehab instead and put on three-year probation .
highlights_snippet.sent: his spent time in California substance abuse facility and prison .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Actor was arrested numerous times between 1996 and 2001 .
  