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 82 entries in this section.
Bob Dylan: "Walking"
Bob Dylan was walking in New Jersey and someone called the police thinking he was someone else. And when the cops came by to ask for his Identification, Dylan didn't have any! However, the cops did take Dylan back to the hotel in the area in New Jersey where he would later perform.
Paul Warren
Joan Baez: "Peaceful Protests against Vietnam"
Joan Baez did peaceful protests in the late 60's as she would block the doors of the Oakland Armed Forces to prevent draftees in The Vietnam War.
Paul Warren
Cris Kirkwood: "Attacking a security guard"
A security guard got involved with an argument between Kirkwood and a woman over a post office parking space and Kirkwood began striking the guard with his own baton. He was shot twice in the back and sentenced to 24 months in prison.
Riley Keigan
Wendy O'Williams: "Assault"
Wendy O' Williams was arrested after a show and charged with assaulting a police officer. She claimed that she decked the police officer in self-defense after she felt that she was groped.
Celeste
Tommy DeVito (The 4 Seasons): "Robbery"
He robbed a jewelry store and was sentenced to six months in jail.
Barry Disbrow
Nick Massi: "breaking and entering"
He spent some time in jail for this crime back in the early 50's
Barry Disbrow
Eminem: "Assault"
In 2000 he was charged with assault and having a concealed weapon. One month later he was charged again for having a concealed weapon.
Travis
Tommy Lee: "Assault"
The drummer of Motley Crue was charged for assault in 1999 and was sentenced to 2 years probation.
Travis
Marilyn Manson: "Something stupid"
In 2001 he was charged for criminal sexual assault after rubbing his pelvis on the head of a security guard.
Travis
Axl Rose: "Biting a security gaurds leg"
The lead singer of Guns 'N Roses has been arrested more than 30 times. In 2006 he was arrested in Sweden after biting a security guard’s leg while being drunk. He had to pay $6000 in fines but was released after that.
Travis
50 Cent: "Assault, battery, possession"
When he was 19 he pleaded guilty of selling heroin and crack cocaine and served six months in boot camp. In 2002 he was sentenced to two years probation for battery and assault.
Travis
Ozzy Osbourne: "See Below"
In 1982 he was arrested in Texas for lifting up his dress and urinating on the Alamo, and two years later he was arrested again for public intoxication. In 1989 he was violently drunk and attempted to murder his wife Sharon.
Travis
Lil' Kim: "Possession"
Her first arrest took place in 1996 when she was arrested for possessing marijuana. In 2006 she was sentenced to one year and one day in prison plus a $50.000 fine for perjury and conspiracy.
Travis
Mick Jagger: "Assault"
In 1972 he was arrested for assault and obstructing justice after a fight with a photographer. He plead guilty and after that, all charges were dropped.
Travis
Robert Kelly (R. Kelly): "Child pornograpy"
He went on trial in 2008. He’s facing 14 charges of having sexual intercourse with a minor and child porography.
Travis
Tupac Shakur: "Sexual Abuse"
In December 1993, Shakur and others were charged with sexually abusing a woman in a hotel room. According to the complaint, Shakur sodomized the woman and then encouraged his friends to sexually abuse her. Shakur vehemently denied the charges. He had prior relations days earlier with the woman who was pressing the charges against him. She performed oral sex on him on a club dance floor and the two later had consensual sex in his hotel room. The allegations were made after she revisited his hotel room for the second time where she engaged in sexual activity with his friends and alleged that Shakur and his entourage had mass raped her, saying to him while leaving, "Why you let them do this to me?" Shakur stated he had fallen asleep shortly after she arrived and later awoke to her accusations and legal threats. He later said he felt guilty for leaving her alone and did not want anyone else to go to jail, but at the same time he did not want to go to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Shakur was convicted of sexual abuse. In sentencing Shakur to one-and-a-half years in a correctional facility, the judge described the crime as "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman".
Travis
Jani Liimatainen: "Failed to serve time in the armed forces"
Sonata Arctica's ex-guitarist failed to serve one month of service to the army, so he served one year in the slammer.
DJ Blaze
Steven Page: "4th degree Possession of a Controlled Substance"
Arrested in Christine Benedicto's Fayetteville, NY apparetment, and sentenced with $10,000 cash bail. After appearing in court numerous times, all charges were dropped. Page later resigned from the Barenaked Ladies, although not explicitly due to the charges. He allegedly wanted to due solo work even before the arrest.
Weily Coyote
Merle Haggard: "Robbery"
Haggard served 3 years in San Quentin for robbing a Bakersfield tavern. Prior to that, he served time for theft and battery. Haggard was subsequently pardoned by then-California governor Ronald Reagan.
Todd W. Zimmerman
DMX: "Animal Cruelty, Drug Possession, and Fraud"
As punishment for his crimes, the volatile and controversial "Party Up" poet must wear pink t-shrts, underwear and socks, as do other inmates at the Arizona jail he is serving time for. Sheriff Joe Arpaio though of the idea after DMX and the other inmates stole his underwear and dyed them pink. The rapper called the punishment ridiculous and disrespectful.
Rappa
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| Travis (site rank #11) | 10 |
| Ra'akone | 4 |
| Raphael (site rank #10) | 4 |
| Mickey D. (site rank #9) | 3 |
| Wade Brock | 3 |
| Ryan | 2 |
| Barry Disbrow | 2 |
| Michael M | 1 |
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