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 48 entries in this section.
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
Lindsay Lohan: "D.U.I. (Driving Under Influence)"
Lohan, 20, and two other unidentified people were in the actresses' 2005 Mercedes SL-65 when it crashed at around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday. It appeared she had been speeding and when police responded to a 911 call about the accident, the AP reported that officers found a "usable amount" of a drug they tentatively identified at the scene as cocaine. They would not say where the drug was found other than to confirm that Lohan was not carrying it.
Mickey D.
Debbie Gibson: "DUI (Driving Under Influence)"
ALPHARETTA, Ga -- The Alpharetta city councilwoman arrested Saturday night on DUI charges was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning after being found unconscious at her home. Debbie Gibson took an overdose of prescription medicine, according to Alpharetta police spokesman Justin Wilson. He said Gibson was taken to North Fulton Hospital where she is in stable condition. Police found Gibson at her Alpharetta home at 305 Woodlake Court after her daughter called 911. Gibson was cited for DUI after a fender bender Saturday night. No one was hurt in the 11 p.m. accident, Wilson said. The investigating officer noticed "a strong smell of alcohol" on Gibson, he said. Gibson failed a field sobriety test, police said. Monday police released a videotape of Gibson's traffic stop and arrest. The tape was shot by a dashboard camera in the arresting officer's police car. On the tape Gibson is heard asking the officer not to handcuff her. The officer refused and handcuffed her, following department policy. "Is there anything you can do to not embarrass my children," she asked at one point. Gibson is also heard saying the arrest will force her to resign from the city council. She was booked and fingerprinted at the Alpharetta City jail. Alpharetta Mayor Arthur Letchas said he gave Gibson a ride home after she was released from jail. He said he did not pay her bond. Gibson is up for re-election this year.
Mickey D.
My Chemical Romance: "Cancelling a Show"
sometime in November, My Chem had to cancel a show at a university because Bob [Bryar, drums] was injured. The University sued My Chem for this, even though the law clearly states that if a musician has to cancel for illness or injury it's perfectly fine. My Chem paid the university, and offered to play again in the spring there, but the college turned them down stating "they won't let it happen again."
Someone
Johnny Cash: "Smuggling Drugs over an International Border"
Despite having written and sung the "Folsom Prison Blues," the only time the Man in Black was ever in jail was for a time he attempted to bring over stimulants from Mexico.
Raphael
Donnie Wahlberg: "Arson and Public Mischief"
Donnie was charged with arson and public mischief after he was alledged to have set fire to a hotel hall way in Louisville, KY. The charge was reduced to public mischief. He was sentenced to phrobation and had to do community service that included an ad about fire safety.
Celeste
Jeff Timmons: "DUI"
Formerly a member of the all male vocal group 98 Degrees Jeff was pulled over on a Florida highway and charged with a misdameanor DUI.
Celeste
Rick James: "Assault"
He was sent to jail sometime in the '90s for assaulting a woman who refused to participate in his rock-star vices.
Amanda
C-Murder: "Second Degree Murder"
Corry Miller aka C-Murder was tried and convicted of second degree murder in the death of a 16 year old boy but the conviction was overturned enlight of some new evidence.
Celeste
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