Music Trivia -> Crime Records -> Latest Entries
As long as there's been music, there have been musicians who get into trouble with the law.
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 55 entries in this section.
Eric Carmen: "Driving While Intoxicated"
This happened in the town of Orange, a suburb of Cleveland. Another time this happened was in Gates Mills, another small town suburb of Cleveland.
Paul Warren
Kanye West: "Vandalism"
When Kanye West visited Hawaii recently, he threw a paparazzi's camera. The paparazzi called for the police, but West said there was no police. Well eventually, West did get arrested.
Paul Warren
Yo Yo Ma: "Assault"
Yo Yo Ma was arrested and charged with assaulting his then girlfriend. The girlfriend issued a restraining order against him.
Celeste
Ozzy Osbourne: "Defacing A National Monument"
Stemming from an incident in which Ozzy urinated on the Alamo. This incident was enough to get him banned from the state of Texas.
Celeste
Chad Kroeger: "DUI"
Chad was pulled over in 2006 and charged with DUI. He was convicted of DUI and lost his license but his conviction is under appeal because he fears that this incident would prevent him from entering the U.S.
Celeste
Pete Seeger: "Contempt of Congress"
Mr. Seeger was charged with contempt of congress in the mid-'50s due to his artful dodging of questions during a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was investigating Seeger's suspected ties to Communist and Communism-sympathetic organizations. Charges were dropped before any sentence was handed down.
Raphael
Guns 'N' Roses: "Riot act"
Rose had pleaded innocent to four misdemeanor counts of assault and one count of property damage stemming from the riot that broke out during his July 2, 1991, concert at the Riverport Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, just outside St. Louis. Videotape showed Rose diving into the concert crowd when he spotted someone with a camera, then punching a man. He then smashed his microphone on the stage and stormed off, ending the show early. Several thousand dollars' worth of property damage was reported by the outdoor theater from the ensuing riot. Gregory said he found that Rose was guilty of the charges "beyond a reasonable doubt." "Well, well, thanks to the lame ass security, I'm goin' home!" **BASH!**
Mickey D.
Max Collins: "Indecent Exposure"
The buck naked singer/bassist of Eve 6 strode up to the hotel's front desk around 11:45 p.m. Monday evening to ask for shaving cream, according to accounts by hotel employees. Only after he turned around to leave did they notice that Collins had taken the name of the 20,000-population town literally. "He didn't seem to care that he was naked," the police report said. The offense carries a penalty of up to two years in jail and a $5,000 fine, but authorities expect Collins, who posted bail and was released from the Allegheny County Jail on Tuesday, to pay a small fine. "He was totally cooperative and respectful with our officers," Capt. McCarthy said. "We had no problem with this young man ... other than his behavior." source: VH1.com
Franka
Jimmy Chaimberland: "Possession of a controlled substance"
Jimmy was arrested and charged with posession of a controlled substance after the body of travelling keyboardist Jonathan Melvoine was discovered in a New York City hotel room. Because of the impending charges against Jimmy Billy, Darcy, and James decided to sever all personal and professional ties with their friend and drummer citing that for 9 years they put up with Jimmy's substance abuse claiming that it was against "everything they are and stand for."
Celeste
James Brown: "Weapons Offenses"
James Brown lead the Georgia police on a high speed car chase after he waved a gun at a tourist who he thought had used his bathroom. He lead the chase over several states before he started racing on his tire rims. He was charged with one count of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of dangerous driving.
Celeste
Liam Galleger: "Posession of Coccaine"
Liam was pulled over in London and charged with posession of coccaine. The police decided to drop the charges because the coccaine in Liam's posession was intended for "personal" use.
Celeste
Chuck Berry: ""Interstate transportation of a prostitute""
While in Mexico, he met a 14-year old Apache woman that he invited to work as a hat check girl at his club. After she was fired, she was arrested on prostitution charges, and Chuck Berry was essentially blamed for having "transported a female for immoral purposes." He was sentenced to five years and fined $5,000
Ra'akone
Chuck Berry: "Armed Robbery"
In 1944, when his car broke down, he and a bunch of his friends waited, and flagged down a passing car. Chuck then carjacked the car using a non-functional gun. The man used a pay-phone, and the police quickly caught them. Chuck Berry was sentenced, and then released from the Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men in Algoa, Missouri, when he turned 21.
Ra'akone
Brian Jones: "Drug posession"
In 1967 he was caught, and marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines were found. He was only fined and given probation, and ordered to see a counselor. He was arrested a SECOND time in 1968 for marijuana possession, and while he would have faced a long jail sentence, instead he was given a stern warning by the judge. However, given as this was his second offense, and that the US "War on Drugs" was starting at this point, it would be tougher for him to enter the US, and the Rolling Stones wanted to do a tour there. This was one of the factors that led to him being kicked out of the Stones.
Ra'akone
Boy George: "Possesion of Drugs"
Several times, most notably in 1986, arrested in the UK for cannabis possession, and later intercepted while en route to a party under suspecion of carrying drugs. A Culture Club tour was cancelled due to this, and it disbanded not long after. Ironically, in the song "Karma Chameleon" he stated "I'm a man, without conviction"...not any more. In 2005 he was busted in the US on cocaine charges. He eventually was fined, and had to do community service.
Ra'akone
Eminem: "Assault and Posession Of A Fire Arm"
Stemming from an incident in which Eminem caught his then wife Kim with another man. Eminem assaulted and then threatened the other man. He was sentenced to phrobation.
Celeste
Jerry Garcia: "Possesion of Heroin & Cocaine"
Jerry Garcia was busted in San Fransisco, in Golden Gate Park in his Mercede's with a briefcase containing Cocaine & Heroin. This was in the 1980's.
Wade Brock
Hawkwind: "Possesion "
It was told to me about a concert played by Hawkwind in the UK in the seventies that because the band being constantly harrased by the police for suspsion of drug possesion, that Nik Turner (saxaphonist) hid a good quantity of Heroin in his saxaphone, and pretended to play throughout the show in order to avoid being busted.
Wade Brock
Lemmy Kilminster: "Possesion (Amphetamine Sulfate)"
While on tour with his first band Hawkwind, Lemmy Kilminster (now of Motorhead) was stopped at the U.S./Canadian border for what the customs officers thought was Cocaine. It turned out to be Amphetamine Sulfate. He was released, but only played one more show with the band before being sacked.
Wade Brock
Snow: "Posession of a Fire Arm"
Daren O'Brien aka Snow was arrested and charged with posession of a fire arm In the summer of 1993 after he was booked in the same hotel room as two women. He waved the gun in their faces and threatened to kill them. This incident and his lengthy criminal record was enough to get himself banned from entering the U.S.
Celeste
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