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  • WEDNESDAY APRIL 25 2007 3:00 PM

Willie Nelson Narrowly Escapes Jail Time

Submitted by erin_broadley

Edited by erin_broadley



Finally, the good ol' Department of Justice is letting country legend Willie Nelson off the hook for possession of marijuana. Well, not completely off the hook.

Road warriors Willie Nelson and tour manager David Anderson narrowly escaped jail time yesterday when the duo plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession in St. Martinville, Louisiana, after a raid that took place last year on Nelson's tour bus by state troopers who claimed to have found a sizeable amount of kush and shrooms on board.

Nelson and Anderson were arrested along with Nelson's sister and band member Bobbie Nelson and two bus drivers when their tour bus was stopped by a state trooper on Interstate 10 near Breaux Bridge, La., on Sept. 18, 2006. The arrests took place while they were returning to Texas after performing a show with Ray Price in Montgomery, Ala. Police confiscated 1.5 pounds of marijuana and 0.2 pound of hallucinogenic mushrooms, but prosecutor Chester Cedars said Tuesday that all evidence indicated the marijuana was for personal use.


Cedars went easy on the guys after he determined that neither perpetrator intended to "distribute" any of the drugs found in their possession. As punishment, both Nelson and Anderson were each fined $1,024 and placed on probation for six months. Thank god, because it really irks me to think that a harmless old crooner like Willie might be seducing law abiding, young listeners into his musical world of drugs and debauchery while on the pot.

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flabajaba2213

flabajaba2213

Plymouth, MA
July 2006

APR 25, 2007 03:30 PM

Wow...I don't think I have any other comments...except that I love Willie.

st_even

st_even

Milwaukee, WI
September 2006

APR 25, 2007 03:32 PM

If they think Willie Nelson possessing pot is detrimental to society, they've obviously never heard any of his music.

OldNumber7

OldNumber7

I'm lost
April 2007

APR 25, 2007 03:45 PM


W.W.W.D?

apesamongus

apesamongus

Atlanta, GA
July 2002

APR 25, 2007 03:57 PM

I'm just impressed that he had a pound and a half for personal use.

sammysuicide

sammysuicide

USA
November 2006

APR 25, 2007 04:04 PM

Willie Nelson ,is a Icon.An American, Willie has been standing up for the People , through lot's of shit from this Government for Farmer's for pot smoker's to big oil company's with his own Fuel for his tour bus . Go Mr. Willie Nelson,and congradulation's on the Court's disposition... and it's the negative comment's that are the True Detriment to our Society....alone I have shaerd My opinion.

WhtKnuckld

WhtKnuckld

Passaic, NJ
February 2007

APR 25, 2007 04:24 PM

oh how i love this man! it's not impressive that he had a pound and a half of bud. it's impressive that he ONLY had a pound and a half of bud. this is willie we're talking about here. :-)

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

APR 25, 2007 04:25 PM

WhtKnuckld said:
oh how i love this man! it's not impressive that he had a pound and a half of bud. it's impressive that he ONLY had a pound and a half of bud. this is willie we're talking about here. :-)



seriously, it's a long goddamn bus ride.

SouGei

SouGei

Blackwood, NJ
January 2007

APR 25, 2007 04:33 PM

Were they trying to make a case that Willie Nelson is a fuckin drug dealer? What assholes. His last album is great. So is his book.

penaltyboxvet

penaltyboxvet

USA
August 2006

APR 25, 2007 04:39 PM

Heroin, coke, and meth are funneling into this country at an alarming rate and the police want to make an example out of a geriatric pothead. Yeah, good call. whatever

chikinhammr

chikinhammr

Orlando, FL
April 2006

APR 25, 2007 04:44 PM

Leave Willie alone! He's busy saving the planet and spreading the good word about Bio-Diesel.
Willie Nelson and Bio-Diesel

MrZablowdowski

MrZablowdowski

Edmonton, AB
December 2002

APR 25, 2007 05:20 PM

Outlaw, taxpayer, an american hero.

gutterman

gutterman

Austin, TX
August 2003

APR 25, 2007 05:28 PM

Cop: Willie, how much pot do you actually smoke?
Willie: Oh, I smoke a LOT of pot. Like at least a pound and a half a week.
Cop: Oh, well, then it's obviously for personal use.
Willie: Yessir. You wanna get on the bus and burn one with us?
Cop: Sure. Say... What's under the bandanna?
Willie: More pot. Come on, let's smoke.

(They get on the bus and smoke a half pound.)

razumikhin

razumikhin

I'm lost
September 2002

APR 25, 2007 05:45 PM

it would have been two pounds, but the IRS still takes a qp from every pound willie gets.

noctem

noctem

I'm lost
October 2004

APR 25, 2007 05:58 PM

apesamongus said:
I'm just impressed that he had a pound and a half for personal use.



No shit.....

Shimmer

Shimmer

Marlborough, NH
October 2004

APR 25, 2007 08:35 PM


penaltyboxvet said

geriatric pothead


HA! Too funny! I adore Willie!

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