Singer Bobby Brown is seen outside the Brockton District Court in Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Brown will not face any criminal charges after police said they found a small amount of cocaine in his possession, but has agreed to a year's community service Brown's attorney said Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein, File)

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) -- Singer Bobby Brown will not face criminal charges after police said they found a small amount of cocaine in his possession.

Brown's attorney said Tuesday a Brockton District Court clerk magistrate found no probable cause to issue a criminal complaint, but recommended that Brown volunteer to mentor young people, which Brown wanted to do anyway.

Brown agreed to a year's community service and his attorney said if no other issues arise over the next year, the matter will be struck from the docket.

The case began when police responding to a disturbance at a Brockton hotel on Dec. 1. They said they found the 39-year-old Brown sitting in an SUV in the parking lot, with cocaine in his possession.

The Boston native is the former husband of singer Whitney Houston and stars in the CMT Network show "Gone Country."

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