TV & VIDEO - Nov. 16, 1988

Howard Rollins Jr., co-star of NBC’s “In the Heat of the Night,” has pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and agreed to make an anti-drug video for the state of Louisiana. Rollins also pleaded guilty in Baton Rouge on Monday to charges of driving while intoxicated and speeding. State District Judge Freddie Pitcher placed Rollins on two years’ probation and fined him $4,275. “I’m grateful to be able to contribute back to the community in terms of community service,” Rollins said. Rollins was arrested in March when a state trooper clocked him driving more than 100 m.p.h. on Interstate 12 near Baton Rouge and found two bags of cocaine in Rollins’ jacket, police said.