Los Angeles , California ( CNN ) -- Former teen idol Leif Garrett posted a $ 10,000 bond Wednesday after spending two days in a jail on a drug charge , a Los Angeles County sheriff 's spokesman said . Garrett , 48 , was arrested Monday at a downtown Los Angeles train station after police found heroin in his shoe , spokesman Steve Whitmore said . He was 16 when he scored his first pop chart hit , `` Surfin ' USA , '' in 1977 . It was followed by a four-year run of songs that kept young girls swooning and teens dancing . When deputies approached Garrett Monday morning at the Metrolink station , he was `` acting in a pronounced way , shaking and sweating , '' Whitmore said . Garrett told them he was `` nervous around law enforcement because of other meetings with them in the past , '' he said . The singer did jail time four years ago after he was arrested with heroin while he stood on a subway platform at another Los Angeles transit station . This time , Garrett told the officers that he had no drugs and he agreed to let them search him , Whitmore said . As they searched , Garrett told them he did have a little heroin in his shoe . `` That was found and it was black tar heroin , '' Whitmore said . Garrett was taken to the East Los Angeles sheriff 's station , where he was booked and held on bond . His court date is February 24 , Whitmore said . CNN 's Michelle Wright and Alan Duke contributed to this report .
L.A. County authorities : Garrett posts $ 10,000 bond after Monday in a jail . Garrett was found with heroin and arrested four years ago , sheriff 's spokesman says . The former teen idol was arrested 1977 for possession of heroin . Garrett was 16 when he scored his first pop chart hit , `` Surfin ' USA , '' in 16 .