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Wes Scantlin Arrested Again: Shocking Domestic Violence Charges After SWAT Standoff!

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Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin has once again found himself in legal trouble—this time, after being arrested for alleged domestic violence and drug possession in California.

Police responded to a call about a domestic dispute at a Torrance apartment around 3 a.m. Tuesday, per TMZ.

Upon their arrival, the officers conversed with Scantlin (age 53) and his partner, finding out that a heated verbal dispute may have turned into a physical fight between them.

Authorities noted visible marks on the woman’s arms, leading to Scantlin’s arrest. During a search, police also reportedly discovered a small amount of a controlled substance in his possession.

Scantlin was booked on felony domestic violence and drug possession charges and remains in L.A. County Jail with bail set at $90,000.

This latest arrest comes just months after his August run-in with law enforcement, when a routine traffic stop in Burbank escalated into a tense standoff with a SWAT team.

The incident started when the musician was pulled over for a traffic stop in Burbank, California.

When he was asked for his ID the situation escalated, pepper spray was used and a crisis negotiator was called, but Wes still refused to get out of his Hummer H2, TMZ reported. 

When officers ran his ID an active warrant for carrying a weapon in an airport popped up and the troubled rock star was arrested. 

Around 4 a.m., the SWAT team was called and he was forcibly removed from his car. 

Wes was brought to the hospital to clean out his eyes, which had been affected by pepper spray, followed by being detained at the police station due to an existing warrant and refusing to comply with the arrest.

He was released and his day in court over the charges is August 20. 

Scantlin has had multiple run-ins with the law over the last decade.

I’ve been known to skip Puddle of Mudd concerts quite a bit, often due to getting arrested, and occasionally without any justification whatsoever.

(In first person: As an ardent fan of Puddle of Mudd, I’ve had my fair share of missed concerts because I’ve been arrested, and there have even been times when it was completely unjustified.)

At a concert in Doncaster, England in 2016, he launched into a tirade about a man stealing his house yet again. Finally, his band members decided they had heard enough and left the stage.

And, during a show in Ohio in January 2016, he went on a tirade.

This person is saying that someone stole his house and is now standing in front of him, mocking him. He feels disrespected and angry because he believes the thief thinks he’s a joke.

This guy took my home and is now standing there making fun of me. I can tell he thinks I’m a fool.

‘This mother f**ker right here. This mother f**ker right here. Get his ass on camera. Right. Get his ass on camera. Get his ass on camera. This is the dog. Right here. 

‘This is the mother f**ker right here. This guy stole my f**king house,’ WQLZ reported at the time, per Metal Injection.

The singer pleaded not guilty in February of that same year to a felony vandalism charge filed after being arrested at the Hollywood home he lost in foreclosure.

Authorities said Scantlin caused about $7,000 in damage to the home using a hatchet, damaging the plumbing, audio equipment, a garage door and ripping an alarm system out of the wall.

He was also charged with misdemeanor trespassing at the time. The latest arrest adds to a long arrest history for Scantlin.

Last September (2012), he was taken into custody because his intoxicated actions led to an unexpected landing of an airplane in Los Angeles.

In January 2015, he was collared for trespassing after he rode around a baggage carousel at Denver International Airport.

Then in July 2015, he was charged with a DUI in southern Minnesota.

He also was arrested on domestic abuse charges for allegedly dragging his ex-wife in May 2013, TMZ reported at the time, and pleaded guilty to cocaine possession a year before that.

Scantlin has even received a lifetime ban from Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion.

In 2007 he went for a swim in Graceland’s private pool, without permission.

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2025-03-15 18:21

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