Jun 13, 1995

Ty Herndon is arrested in Fort Worth after exposing himself to a male undercover policeman at Gateway Park. Herndon is found with 2.5 grams of speed and is charged with possession and indecent exposure. The latter charge is later dropped

Jun 14, 1995

Ty Herndon checks into a drug rehabilitation center in Tucson, Arizona, one day after his arrest in Dallas on sex and narcotics charges

Jul 13, 1995

Two women suffocate their 86-year-old landlady in a Cincinnati suburb, intending to rob her. The crime is part of an elaborate plot, in which they intend to take hostages at the Grand Ole Opry and force authorities to bring Reba McEntire to meet them

Jul 17, 1995

Ty Herndon pleads guilty to a drug possession charge and has an indecent exposure charge dropped after a June 13 arrest in Fort Worth

Sep 7, 1995

Steve Earle pleads guilty to charges of possessing crack cocaine in July 1994. He was booked for that offense just hours after appearing in court for heroin charges

Sep 15, 1995

The Oak Ridge Boys' Steve Sanders misses a child support payment by two hours and is sentenced to 48 hours in jail and 80 hours of community service

Oct 16, 1995

A Tennessee judge rules a floor can be a weapon, refusing to dismiss an aggravated assault charge against Janet Sanders, wife of The Oak Ridge Boys' Steve Sanders. She was accused of pounding the head of her husband's ex-wife into a Hendersonville grocery floor in March

Oct 17, 1995

A London court sentences the former financial advisor for pop singer Sting to six years in jail for embezzling $9.4 million. Sting is destined to appear in country music, joining Toby Keith on a remake of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"

Nov 8, 1995

Claiming he's been drug-free for 14 months, Steve Earle is placed on probation in Nashville's Criminal Court for possession of crack cocaine in July 1994

Jan 26, 1996

Producer Huey Meaux is arrested on child pornography and cocaine possession charges at the Sugar Hill Recording Studios in Houston. Meaux produced Freddy Fender's hits "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"