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Dancer faces drug charge

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Associated Press

A principal dancer with the New York City Ballet faces a drug charge in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where the troupe is staging summer performances.

Nilas Martins, the 40-year-old son of the company’s master-in-chief, Peter Martins, has been charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of cocaine, a felony, police said.

A spokesman from the troupe declined to comment.

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