Oct 12, 2004

"Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton receives a speeding ticket in Dijon, France, for driving his Porsche 134 miles per hour. He loses his license in France

Oct 13, 2004

Troy Gentry and Minnesota wildlife worker Lee Greenly kill a bear with a bow and arrow near Sandstone, Minnesota. A later indictment successively proves they killed a captive bear and tagged it illegally as a wild animal

Nov 9, 2004

While the Country Music Association awards are being presented, Gretchen Wilson's bodyguard, Daniel Rhoades, is arrested for unlawful weapons possession and acting as a security guard without a license when four guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition are found in his SUV

Nov 10, 2004

Adrian Washington, an employee at Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw's HotChickens.com restaurant, is arrested on stalking charges in Nashville after threatening to rape, kill or otherwise harm members of the family

Nov 29, 2004

Mindy McCready pleads guilty in Williamson County Court in Franklin, Tennessee, to writing a fraudulent prescription for painkillers. She receives a $4,000 fine and is placed on three years probation

Nov 30, 2004

A jury acquits former Navy diver Ambrose Kappos of stalking charges pressed by "Picture" singer Sheryl Crow

Dec 2, 2004

Lynn Anderson is charged with drunk driving in Denton, Texas, after she's found passed out in her car on the shoulder of Interstate 35. She's released on $1,000 bond

Jan 19, 2005

A burglar steals a 60-pound safe from Hank Williams Jr.'s Paris, Tennessee, home while the family is sleeping. The thief gets away with more than $500,000 worth of jewelry, although he's turned in by his mother within days

Jan 24, 2005

Lynn Anderson is arrested for shoplifting a "Harry Potter" DVD at Smith's Food & Drug Center in Taos, New Mexico. While being put into the patrol car, Anderson punches one of the arresting officers

Jan 29, 2005

Police are called to the home of Tanya Tucker, who claims her ex-fiance, "Down On The Farm" songwriter Jerry Laseter, poured ice water on her while she was sleeping and grabbed her by the throat. It's the fifth domestic call to her home in two years