Fawcett’s son pleads not guilty to heroin charge

WASTED YOUTH. In this police booking photo released on Aug. 3, 2011 by the Santa Monica Police Dept. showing Redmond O'Neal, who was pulled over early Tuesday morning Aug. 2,2011 after an officer saw him fail to stop for a red light. The son of actors Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal is scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles court on Thursday, two days after police arrested him after allegedly finding heroin in his car during a traffic stop. (AP Photo/Santa Monica Police Dept.)

LOS ANGELES— The son of the late Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal has pleaded not guilty to felony heroin possession two days after his arrest during a traffic stop.

Redmond O’Neal also entered a not guilty plea to a charge that he is a felon in illegal possession of a handgun.

O’Neal was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly failed to stop for a red light in Santa Monica and officers found heroin in the vehicle. A search of his apartment after the arrest uncovered a 9mm handgun.

O’Neal has a string of drug-related arrests and is on probation.

District Attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison says the 26-year-old is due in court on Aug. 24 for a probation violation hearing.

He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.