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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0331051_american_idol_scott_1.html
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."
Nadia? You mean Vonzel. Nadia won last year. Don't worry, I won't tell Seacrest. He'll call you a racist.
LOL! Get out. Constantine was great. Okay, early on I wanted him gone, but he won me over when he sang that Partridge Family song and I've loved him ever since. He's funny, and he is really quite talented. I like him least when he rocks out like he did this week; but still, his personality carries him.
FYI ping
In the infamous words of no more apples..."Oh my gack!"
LOL!
Why is anybody surprised. He's 29 and a rocker. Fortunately, I've never liked him anyway, but this was a few years ago. I'm not sure it'd keep me from voting for him if I did like him.
But Vonzel is now my top choice. I hope she wins, but I'm afraid it's going to be Carrie.
HA! Bo's fack is definitely red! :o
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0331051_american_idol_scott_1.html
A rocker uses drugs.
I'm shocked. /sarc.
Nadia used to be a Miami Dolphins cheerleader interestingly enough.
he has to be one of the three ugliest people I have ever seen
Maybe we can just hope that he has seen the err of his ways now. He seems like a decent guy.
But the question is, has he nailed Paula yet?
That's interesting. I liked her, but I have always liked Vonzel better.
Cocaine and strippers--he really is a rocker :)
I gotta agree. That nose and those nostrils just kill me.
I hope he divulged all this to the AI producers, otherwise he might get the boot.
His fack is a rainbow! He's probably seeing all sorts of colors in that pretty haze of his. I am SO disappointed. I hope he has kicked the habit while in the drug intervention program, but coke's a hard habit to kick. Does this mean Constantine comes back and Bo gets the boot?
Old news.
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