Rockers have the reputation of being “bad boys.”
But the front man for one famous rock band took things too far — and a SWAT team needed to come in and deescalate the situation.
According to TMZ, Wes Scantlin of Puddle of Mudd was arrested after a dramatic run-in with law enforcement officials in Burbank California last week.
According to the report, representatives from the Burbank Police Department said they pulled over Scantlin’s black Hummer H2 after observing a traffic violation and proceeded to ask him for his identification. They then realized the famous rockstar had an active warrant from a previous case.
The situation began to escalate when police asked Scantlin to exit his vehicle, but he refused. The SWAT team was called in and after a series of troubling exchanges, pepper spray and pepper balls were used.
The officers that were on-scene repeatedly asked Scantlin to exit his vehicle, but after a number of attempts, he remained inside his Hummer, refusing to step out. Police phoned for additional support and a crisis negotiator was dispatched to the scene.
The TMZ report said that the crisis negotiator attempted to communicate with Scantlin in an effort to convince him to execute on the officer’s requests, but the famous singer remained steadfast in his refusal to exit his vehicle.
Sources close to the situation said pepper spray was deployed, but it still didn’t work, and he still refused to budge.
The decision was then made to engage the SWAT team. They arrived on-scene at roughly 4:00 a.m. and broke Scantlin’s car window before shooting non-lethal pepper balls. This method proved to be successful, and the singer finally exited the car, according to TMZ.
Scantlin was transported to the hospital to have his eyes flushed from the pepper balls. He reportedly didn’t suffer any injuries as a result of the interaction with SWAT.
Scantlin was taken to jail where he was booked for the outstanding warrant, as well as the new charges of resisting arrest. He is due in court August 20.