Posted on 07/15/2005 10:12:17 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) - Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the 1970s music group the Village People, was arrested by real police who allegedly found a gun and drugs in the former star's convertible, authorities said.
Willis, who co-wrote disco hits such as "Macho Man" and "In the Navy" before leaving the Village People in the late 1970s, was taken into custody late Monday after an officer stopped the musician in his Chevrolet Corvette in Daly City, just south of San Francisco. Willis also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics, police said.
Police said Willis didn't have a valid license or identification and at first lied about his name and residence. Inside the car, the officer found a .45-caliber handgun as well as rock cocaine and drug paraphernalia, according to a police report. It was unclear what prompted the initial traffic stop, Daly City Police Lt. Matt Bushong said.
Police arrested Willis on suspicion of six felony counts, including possession of a firearm, driving on a suspended license and transportation of cocaine. The musician was booked into the San Mateo County jail and posted $100,000 bail Tuesday.
Police found traces of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia when they searched his home at the Franciscan Mobile Home Park in Daly City, where two American pit bull terriers were locked in the former star's bedroom.
Willis is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 16.
There will be a new tune: "In the Cellblock"..
"Please don't throw me in the briar patch!"
Let me guess - when they stopped him he said "Do you know who I am?"
You aint so Macho now, are ya Mr. Big?
I heard he could be gay
He should have taken his Tylenol PM
What do they mean, "former" star?
He can try out now for the jailhouse play "Prisoner of Love".
Get out! That ain't for real, is it?
Now he's singing...
"Its fun to stay at the...
J-A-I-L."
Y..M..C..A...
From another thread, apparently so.
Once you leave the Villiage People there's nowhere to go but down.
Or go butt up...
Having been "in the Navy", I always particularly hated these creeps.
Wow. The police actually arrested a gay man in California? I imagine the ACLU will be there shortly to take up his case.
"It's fun to stay at the SMCJ"
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