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Re: Willie Nelson Arrested for Pot Possession 'He said he feels great,' Ne
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'He said he feels great,' Nelson's harmonica player tells Rolling Stone. 'He lost six ounces.'
By Patrick Doyle
Nov 27, 2010 12:10 PM EST
Willie Nelson was arrested yesterday at a border patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas after agents reportedly found 6 ounces of marijuana on his tour bus. Mickey Raphael, Nelson’s longtime harmonica player, tells Rolling Stone that the singer, who posted a $2,500 bond was freed by 1:30 p.m. yesterday, is in good spirits. "He said he feels great — he lost six ounces."
Raphael says Nelson, 77, was traveling without his band from California, where he spent the Thanksgiving holiday, to Austin, TX, where he owns a ranch. The El Paso Times reports that agents at a checkpoint searched his bus, called the Honeysuckle Rose III, at 9 a.m. Nelson admitted the pot was his and was taken to the local Hudspeth County jail.
"It's kind of surprising, but I mean we treat him like anybody else," Hudspeth County Sherriff Arvin West told the newspaper. "He could get 180 days in county jail," the sheriff added. "If he does, I'm going to make him cook and clean."
Nelson’s publicist had no comment.
The singer has long advocated for the legalization of marijuana. "It’s a matter of time, a matter of education, a matter of people finding out what cannabis, marijuana is for, why it grows out of the ground and why it’s prescribed as one of the greatest stress medicines on the planet," he said in 2008.
In January, six of Nelson’s band members were issued citations in North Carolina for reportedly possessing moonshine and marijuana. In 2006, Nelson and four others on his bus were issued citations at a traffic stop in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana after authorities seized nearly 1.5 pounds of marijuana and 3 ounces of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Nelson and tour manager David Anderson both paid a $1,024 fine and served six months of probation. "Both bus drivers were over fifty years old," Nelson said at the time. "The other guys were 60 years old. My sister is 75, I’m 73, so it’s like they busted an old folks home."
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Re: Willie Nelson Arrested for Pot Possession 'He said he feels great,' Ne
Willie Nelson Teams Up With Sheriff's Department That Busted Him
Chief deputy says he 'never would have dreamed of the coverage' Nelson's arrest got
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By Patrick Doyle
Dec 06, 2010 1:00 PM EST
While fellow Texans — including Kinky Friedman and Texas lawyer Dick DeGuerin — have expressed outrage at the Hudspeth County sheriff that busted Nelson on a marijuana charge Nov. 26, Willie Nelson himself has responded differently: On his website, he's asking fans to donate to the Hudspeth County Sherriff's Office's annual Christmas toy drive.
"For what it's worth, we appreciate the mention and we're glad to take any donations for the children of Hudspeth County," Chief Deputy Mike Doyal of the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department tells Rolling Stone. "We think that's pretty good."
Doyal was at the sheriff's office when Nelson was booked, and says he was surprised by the remarkable media response. "He had a little bag of marijuana and I would never have dreamed of the coverage it got," he says. "Nonetheless, we've got a job to do and we've got to do what we've got to do."
He adds: "We handled it as easily as we could and still do our job. The man's, what, 77 years old? What are we gonna do to him? He was very cooperative and nice and pleasant to be around."
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Nelson is charged with a Class A misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of one year and a fine of $4,000. "I'm betting it doesn't go there, but that's between him and the county attorney," Doyal said. "We did our part. Now it's up to the lawyers and the judges."
Meanwhile, Willie's friend Snoop Dogg — watch them perform "Superman" in Amsterdam in 2008 — has spoken to TMZ about the arrest. "They better leave Willie the fuck alone, man," Snoop said. "Willie Nelson is a legend. Sometimes you need to back up off of certain people and have a certain amount of respect for your elders. And Willie Nelson is our elder."
He added: "Willie Nelson is my people," he added. "If you got a problem with Willie Nelson, you got a problem with me."
Since the bust, Nelson was also nominated for a Grammy for his covers album Country Music for Best Americana Album.
Re: Willie Nelson Arrested for Pot Possession 'He said he feels great,' Ne
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By Matthew Perpetua
March 30, 2011 12:15 PM ET
As it turns out, Willie Nelson will not have to sing his song "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" in a Texas court to resolve his marijuana possession charges. Judge Becky Dean-Walker told the Associated Press that the idea – presented by Hudspeth County Attorney Kit Bramblett – was just a joke and "it got out of hand." Nelson will be able to plead guilty and pay a small fine without appearing in court.
Nelson was busted for possession on November 26th when a Border Patrol agent smelled pot smoke coming from his tour bus. "I had been in California hanging out for a while and my bus had come out to pick me up because we had a couple of tour dates to do and I had forgotten that there was this little bag of weed on the bus that had been in the back there for weeks when I had been gone," Nelson told Rolling Stone at the time. "Naturally when they stopped us there the dogs came on and the first thing they went to was that little bag of pot back there."
