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Clark County prosecutors reached an agreement with San Francisco Giants baseball star Tim Lincecum that will result in a civil infraction for possession of a marijuana pipe.

The two-time All-Star pitcher will pay a $250 fine for possession of drug paraphernalia after he was found with marijuana during a freeway traffic stop in Hazel Dell.

The deal is standard practice for any first-time marijuana offender who cooperates with police, said Grant Hansen, Clark County deputy prosecutor.

“His attorney came to our office Monday. We negotiated the case in the manner we do with just about every first-time marijauana/drug paraphernalia case where the individual is cooperative with the officer,” Hansen said Friday.

“We dismissed possession of marijuana and amended the other charge to buying or selling drug paraphernalia, a Class A civil infraction. It could have been the kid next door” getting the same treatment, Hansen said. “The fact it’s a celebrity doesn’t mean he doesn’t get the same deal.”

Lincecum, a two-time All-Star and winner of the 2008 Cy Young Award as the National League’s best pitcher, was stopped for speeding on Oct. 30 in Hazel Dell while northbound on Interstate 5.

A Washington State Patrol motorcycle trooper reported Lincecum was doing 74 mph in a 60 mph zone. When Lincecum rolled down his window, the trooper noticed a marijuana smell. Lincecum handed the trooper a pipe and a pouch with 3.3 grams of marijuana.

Lincecum, 25, starred for the University of Washington baseball team and is a native of Bellevue.

A judge still has to approve the agreement, Hansen said. If the judge doesn’t sign off on the deal, Hansen said, “Then we’re back at the start.”

Lincecum also faces a $122 fine for the speeding charge.

According to a story Friday in the San Francisco Chronicle, a team spokesman said the Giants were still gathering information and were not prepared to issue a statement.

Calls by a Chronicle reporter to Lincecum and his agent were not returned.

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