Posted on 04/28/2005 2:34:44 PM PDT by Asphalt
APRIL 28--One of the five remaining "American Idol" finalists was once arrested for felony cocaine possession, but had the charge--and a separate marijuana count--dismissed last year after completing a so-called "diversion program," The Smoking Gun has learned. Harold "Bo" Bice, 29, was busted in June 2001 by Huntsville, Alabama cops and hit with the drug count, a Class C felony, according to the below warrant. He was arrested again in July 2003 near Birmingham and charged with marijuana possession, public intoxication, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to the latter two misdemeanors in December 2004. The pot charge was dismissed after Bice's successful completion of the same diversion program that covered his prior cocaine bust. In that 2001 case, a District Court preliminary hearing was set for August 29, but when a Huntsville Police Department investigator did not show, Judge Susan Moquin dismissed the Bice case, according to a court docket. But with prosecutors prepared to refile the felony count, Bice later opted to enter a drug diversion program overseen by the district attorney's office, according to Heather Douglas, spokesperson for the Madison County D.A.. Bice formally entered the diversion program in 2003 following his pot arrest, and the two separate drug possession charges were effectively merged and covered by Bice's diversion program, according to a TSG source familiar with the cases (the cocaine charge was bounced on April 28, 2004, and the pot rap was dismissed five months ago). Bice was arrested on the cocaine charge after scoring about 1/2 a gram of the drug from an acquaintance at Huntsville's Silver Dollar strip club, according to a source. If convicted of the felony coke charge, Bice would have faced a maximum of 10 years in jail, though a probationary term would have been more likely. While details of what Bice had to do in the diversion program are confidential, enrollees usually must submit to urine tests, undergo drug counseling, and attend awareness classes. Bice, who worked at the time in a Huntsville bar, is a long-haired rocker whose gritty appearance and performances have stood out from "American Idol"'s usual pop pablum. On Fox Television's "Idol" web site, Bice reports that his "most embarrassing moment" was when he once "fell off stage during a show."
Uh-oh ping!
He's supposed to wait til he's a big star to drug out. Some folks get it all backwards.
I can proudly say that I have never watched American Idol.
Alas! I liked Bo. :-(
And what's up with that Scott guy squeaking through all the time?????
Please....half the public officials you've ever voted for have probably been "drugsters." Not getting caught doesn't mean they never did it. When we start expecting our rockers to not do drugs, what have we become? WHAT HAVE WE BECOME!!!!
Oh my.....not another one....
Can't vote for a drugster? He is a rocker. He has a tradition to uphold here. It is almost your duty to vote for him. :)
Busted ping!
I can't vote for a drugster either, but I have never voted for Bo. I like Constantine. WAAAAAAA!!!!! Scott should have been the one to leave this week. Sigh! Now Vonzell is my only hope. She's my other favorite. When she's gone I'll stop caring who wins. Carrie will probably get it. She's a beautiful girl with a great talent. I just don't like country music that much.
You've never watched American Idol? I'm a total addict. I love the show.
Scott is good, but not good enough to be in the top five. I don't know how he does it. Nadia and Constantine were both way better than Scott.
You liked Constantine? How? He was a song butcher. Bohemian Rhapsody was great. Everything else has pretty much sucked. He couldn't have won a karaoke contest against Hellen Keller with that crap he sang on Tuesday. He deserved the boot.
he is pretty gross looking, and his singing isn't the best on the show, but I like him, and I hate Scottie the bottie
I feel as you do about him. Yuck! Now, I did grow to really like Constantine. He's just such a fun personality. I felt as Paula did when he was voted off. BooHoo!
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