May 8, 2007

Martina McBride secures a restraining order in a Nashville court against Ricky Fissel, accused of stalking. Fissel allegedly appeared at her house twice in April. A police search turned up a newspaper story about McBride encircled by hand-drawn hearts

May 18, 2007

Clyde Pickler, the father of Kellie Pickler, is arrested and jailed in Albemarle, North Carolina, for stealing abandoned cars and selling them to junkyards

May 23, 2007

The judge in the murder trial of "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector rules that a forensic specialist working for Spector took evidence from the crime scene--possibly an incriminating piece of the victim's fingernail

Jun 15, 2007

Johnny Rodriguez is stopped for speeding in Blanchard, Oklahoma, and ends up jailed overnight on three alcohol- and drug-related charges. Rodriguez missed a concert the same night in Sperry, Oklahoma, 140 miles away

Jun 30, 2007

A 48-year-old, Mark Sams, is arrested for impersonating Merle Haggard's son, Noel Haggard, in Ronan, Montana. Sams conned fans, then charged them for his forged autograph outside the Valley Club

Jul 9, 2007

Blake Shelton helps apprehend a thief at his uncle's house in Ada, Oklahoma. Shelton keeps the intruder on the porch until the arrival of the police, who book him for burglary and public intoxication

Jul 19, 2007

Mark Collie is arrested on drunk-driving charges near Vanderbilt University in Nashville when a campus officer finds the singer slumped over the steering wheel with his car engine running. He's jailed for four hours

Jul 21, 2007

Mindy McCready is charged with assault and resisting arrest after a dispute at her mother's home in Fort Myers, Florida. McCready, who claims police endangered her baby in the arrest, is jailed until she posts $1,000 bail

Jul 22, 2007

Tanya Tucker's ex-fiance, Jerry Laseter, breaks away from her tour caravan with a truck containing $500,000 in clothing and jewelry. When the truck is next found it contains only a note. The bounty is recovered within a week, and Laseter is arrested

Jul 28, 2007

"Down On The Farm" songwriter Jerry Laseter is arrested in the Las Vegas area for theft, six days after he bolted from a Tanya Tucker caravan with a truck containing $500,000 worth of clothing and jewelry