Comedian and actor Paul Rodriguez has been charged in connection with his arrest last month at a Burbank restaurant, the Burbank City Attorney's Office told NBC4 Investigates.

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Rodriguez faces misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of a controlled substance. A court date was scheduled for Friday.

NBCLA has reached out to a representative for Rodriguez for comment on the charges.

Officers responded to a call Aug. 11 for a welfare check at about 7:30 p.m. at Islands restaurant about a woman with the 70-year-old Rodriguez, Burbank police said. Rodriguez and the woman were driving away, but stopped to speak with officers, police said.

The woman was arrested on

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