Scott Weiland Arrested For Drug Possession

05/19/2003 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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(5/19/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was arrested in Burbank, California on Saturday (May 17) for possession of narcotics. Weiland has posted $10,000 bail, and is scheduled to appear at the Burbank Courthouse to be arraigned on June 2.

Burbank Police Department Lieutenant John Dilibert said the arrest stemmed from a routine traffic stop. "On May 17 at about 11:45 in the evening, two Burbank officers conducted a traffic stop on a car that was stopped on the 100th block of Elm Court in the city of Burbank," Lieutenant Dilibert said. "As a result of that traffic stop, they detained two occupants--one of them being Mr. Scott Weiland, who was arrested for possession of an illegal narcotic. His bail was posted at $10,000, and he's due to be arraigned in the Burbank court June 2."

Weiland, who was taken to the police station because he was driving without his headlights on, was released at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday (May 18).

Weiland has been arrested for drug possession before. He was arrested in Los Angeles in 1998 for heroin possession, and eventually received jail time when a judge discovered he had violated his probation. He was also arrested in New York City that same year for heroin possession, during a police drug sweep on the Lower East Side. Weiland was released from a prison drug rehab clinic in early 2000.

Scott Weiland has most recently been working with former Guns N' Roses members--guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum--in a band named Reloaded. The group has recorded a Pink Floyd cover and one original tune, both for movie soundtracks. There was no word at press time on how Weiland's arrest impacts Reloaded.

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