Jan 25, 2007

Crystal Gayle is notified that her tour bus has been spotted in Lakeland, Florida, where an escaped Texas convict had arrived in the stolen vehicle claiming he was hired to transport a NASCAR driver. The prisoner is apprehended two days later

Jan 26, 2007

Escaped Texas convict Christopher Gay is arrested near the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida with Crystal Gayle's stolen bus

Feb 7, 2007

Kellie Pickler's father, Clyde "Bo" Pickler, is arrested in Stanly County, North Carolina, and charged with three misdemeanor counts after allegedly threatening a woman with a steak knife

Feb 9, 2007

A Mountain Home, Arkansas, man sets up a checking account in the name of "Living In The Promiseland" songwriter David Lynn Jones, one of the first steps in an elaborate identity-theft scheme

Feb 12, 2007

Los Angeles police are called to the Hollywood Hills home of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to investigate a break-in that occurred over the weekend. The singers were not home, and burglars got away with an undisclosed amount of cash

Feb 21, 2007

Interesting footnote: A year after he arrested John Michael Montgomery on drunk driving charges, Lexington police officer Joshua Cromer is fired for public conduct that places his credibility in doubt

Feb 23, 2007

A Memphis prosecutor says an assault charge against Hank Williams Jr. has been dropped. Bocephus had been accused of trying to kick a waitress at the Peabody Hotel in March 2006; the prosecutor admits there isn't enough evidence for a case

Feb 23, 2007

Troy Gentry is sentenced to three months probation and a $15,000 fine in Duluth, Minnesota, for improperly tagging a captive bear he killed in October 2004

Feb 28, 2007

Clyde "Bo" Pickler, the father of Kellie Pickler, pleads guilty in Albemarle, North Carolina, to two assault-related charges incurred three weeks earlier. He receives a 90-day suspended sentence and one year probation

Mar 1, 2007

"Finally" songwriter Gary Chapman pleads guilty in Nashville to drunk-driving and marijuana charges from September