Mark Anthony’s arraignment set

ANGELES CITY, Philippines – Movie actor Mark Anthony Fernandez will be arraigned on Dec. 13 on charges of illegal possession of marijuana and on Jan. 12, 2017 for resistance and disobedience to authorities.

Ma. Socorro Garces, clerk of court of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 58, said Fernandez’s arraignment on drug charges was originally set on Nov. 8.

The date was moved to Dec. 13 after government prosecutors filed a motion seeking to include a “grinder” for marijuana on the list of items recovered from the actor.

Fernandez was arrested in this city on Oct. 3 after police officers found over 500 grams of dried marijuana in his car.

The drug case was initially filed before the RTC Branch 60, but Judge Eda Era inhibited from the case as her husband is a co-member of Fernandez in the Guardians Brotherhood.

The case was re-raffled and landed in the sala of RTC Branch 58 Judge Meredith Malig, who set the arraignment on Nov. 8.

Meanwhile, the case of resistance and disobedience was filed with the Municipal Trial Court Branch 1.

The charges stemmed from the actor’s alleged attempt to escape when authorities discovered the marijuana during an inspection at a checkpoint.

Pursuing police officers shot the tires of the actor’s car and cornered him in nearby San Fernando City.

Fernandez was briefly detained at the Angeles City district jail and was later transferred to the provincial jail in San Fernando.