JULY 16--Comedian Andy Dick was arrested this morning by California cops on drug and sexual battery charges. Dick, 42, was nabbed around 2 AM in a Riverside County parking lot after he allegedly groped the breasts of a 17-year-old girl and then pulled the teen's tank top and bra down, exposing her breasts (the incident occurred outside the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant).

During a search of Dick, police discovered a small amount of marijuana in his pants pocket and a single Xanax pill for which he did not have a prescription. An 'extremely intoxicated' Dick was booked into the Southwest Detention Center, where bail was set at $5,000.

In May 2004, Dick was arrested on a pot possession charge while attending the Coachella music festival, also in Riverside County. (2 pages)