GLENDALE — A singer from the pop group Girlicious was arrested Tuesday night after police allegedly found more than a dozen individual packages of cocaine in her Gucci purse, officials said.

Natalie Mejia, 21, of Diamond Bar is being held today in Glendale City Jail in lieu of a $30,000 bond, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Mejia and Peter Asencio, 28, of Burbank were taken into custody after a police noticed a 1998 Ford Mustang driving at a high rate of speed, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

The officer stopped the car at Victory Boulevard and Winchester Avenue, just before it went onto the Ventura (134) Freeway, he said.

Mejia, who was a passenger in the car, was apparently heading to an airport for a concert in Canada, Lorenz said.

Police searched the Mustang after discovering Asencio’s driver’s license was suspended, Lorenz said.

During the search, police allegedly found multiple individual baggies of cocaine in Mejia’s Gucci purse.

“She doesn’t know how it go into her purse,” Lorenz said.

She and Asencio were immediately arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine for sale, Lorenz said. Asencio was also arrested in connection with driving on a suspended driver’s license, he said.

In 2008, Mejia was a contestant on the CW reality show, Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.

I would just like to state that I believe in Natalie’s statement. The cocaine could have easily been placed in her bag by the driver. Why would she bring drugs to an airport? Plus the driver was driving without a license, red flag– that dude is bad news. I hope this situation is resolved soon!

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EDIT: Click HERE to watch another video of Nat with LT3 in the studio.

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T-Mobile Unveiling of the New SIDEKICK LX (May 14, 2009) [HQ] x1

Natalie out in LA (April 14, 2009) [HQ] x20

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Natalie, her sister Jazzy and her sister’s group member Brittany made a video after a meeting that apparently went really well.

Click here to see another video of Natalie arriving at P. Diddy’s party at Guys & Dolls Nightclub. Fast forward to around 02:23-02:38 to see her. Jamie can also be seen with her.

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Jazzy, Brittany and Natalie messing around in the car lip syncing and singing horribly loud to Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me”! DON’T JUDGE!

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Below are photos and a video of Natalie Mejia from Girlicious performing in a bathtub (she also hosted the event) at the Pussycat Dolls Lounge in Las Vegas (rumored date: November 17, 2007). The venue is either Viper Room or Pure Nightclub. PS. If you know specific details about this event, e-mail us!

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Hello everyone, Singapore was so Beautiful, so so so Clean there.
We have been working in the studio trying to finish our album,
so Excited about that, miss all of you Girlicious Fans.
Hope to answer some of my messages in my inbox. 2220 are waiting to be read. That’s alot. But I started reading them today and will try and get to all of them eventually.
I am back on myspace so Holla at your girl.
Don’t forget to check out my baby sister’s myspace at
myspace.com/lt3girls

Love you guys write me soon

Your girl
Natalie Mejia
xoxo

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Girlicious will be performing at the Brandt Centre - Evraz Place in Regina, SK on Friday, October 30, 2009 with Pitbull, Danny Fernandes and Akon. To purchase tickets, click HERE.

Girlicious Leaving to Singapore on tour Tonight, Miss all of our Girlicioius fans, My Laptop just got fixed. HollA!!!!!!! - @NatalieMejia

EDIT: Just added a new date to the sidebar calendar (Oct 29th), purchase tickets HERE.

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