
In this photo released by the Normal Police Department in Normal, Ill. via The Pantagraph on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, is shown actor and playwright Sam Shepard. Police say Shepard has been arrested in central Illinois on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving. Normal Police Lt. Mark Kotte says Shepard was stopped by police around 2 a.m. Saturday in Normal. The 65-year-old Shepard was driving a Chevy Blazer 16 mph over the 30-mph speed limit when he was pulled over. Kotte says the vehicle went up onto the curb and Shepard appeared intoxicated to officers. (AP Photo/Normal Police Department via The Pantagraph)