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WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) -- The young man who was caned in Singapore four years ago for allegedly vandalizing cars has been arrested in Florida on drug charges. Michael Fay, 22, was arrested at his apartment Tuesday by a deputy responding to neighbors' complaints about loud music. Fay, a student at Valencia Community College, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and less than 20 grams of marijuana. He was released Wednesday after posting $500 bond. ``I'm not going to lie to anybody. It was my mistake. I was smoking marijuana,'' Fay said later. In May 1994, Fay was flogged...

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) -- The young man who was caned in Singapore four years ago for allegedly vandalizing cars has been arrested in Florida on drug charges. Michael Fay, 22, was arrested at his apartment Tuesday by a deputy responding to neighbors' complaints about loud music. Fay, a student at Valencia Community College, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and less than 20 grams of marijuana. He was released Wednesday after posting $500 bond. ``I'm not going to lie to anybody. It was my mistake. I was smoking marijuana,'' Fay said later. In May 1994, Fay was flogged...