Crime may not pay.

Neither will Tatum O'Neal, though.

Despite getting caught buying crack, the former wild child actress got charges of drug possession dropped by a New York judge and instead pleaded guilty to a modest, misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.

The damage? $95.

Manhattan judge Elisa Koenderman sentenced Tatum O'Neal, the youngest Oscar winner in history, to spend half-day sessions in a drug treatment program.

One wonders where Tatum O'Neal will come up with that kind of money.

Talk about a brutal punishment - brutally boring, that is. It's in New York, not L.A., so there's no way Snoop Dogg will even be there.