Wes Scantlin, the frontman for Puddle of Mudd, was arrested this week after a standoff with police following a traffic stop, according to multiple reports.
The 52-year-old was reportedly stopped in Burbank, California when police realized he also had an outstanding warrant for having a weapon at an airport. That is when they reportedly asked him to step out of his Hummer and he refused.
Billboard.com reported that police eventually called in a crisis negotiator, and after that person had no luck, Scantlin was reportedly pepper sprayed.
Still, according to Billboard.com, that was not enough to get him out of his Hummer, and that is when SWAT was reportedly brought in. Billboard.com said the SWAT team broke Scantlin’s window and shot him with pepper balls that brought him to give himself up.
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The website said Scantlin was taken to a local hospital to flush out his eyes, and was arrested for resisting arrest and his outstanding warrant. Billboard.com said Scantlin has a court date slated for Aug. 20.
The site said the singer has had “numbers of runs-ins with the law over the years.”
Puddle of Mudd formed in 1992 and rose to fame through the ‘90s and into the early 2000s. The band has six studio albums, with its last, “Ubiquitous,” coming in 2023.