Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin was arrested after a visitors cease was a tense standoff … with cops ultimately resorting to utilizing pepper spray to get him out of his automobile … this in keeping with legislation enforcement.
Burbank PD tells TMZ Wesley was arrested Wednesday … after they pulled over his black Hummer H2 in Burbank for a visitors violation and requested him for his ID. Officers say they came upon Scantlin had an lively warrant from a earlier case for allegedly having a weapon at an airport.
We’re advised when officers requested Wesley to get out of the automobile, he refused … and after a number of makes an attempt, a disaster negotiator got here to barter, however cops say he nonetheless wouldn’t budge.
Our sources inform us spray was then deployed, however even that did not do the trick, forcing SWAT to come back in at round 4:00 AM and break the automobile window to shoot non-lethal pepper balls to lastly get him to give up and exit the automobile.
We’re advised he was taken to the hospital to get his eyes flushed from the pepper balls, however in the long run, he was okay.
Wes was then booked on the jail for the excellent warrant and the brand new cost of resisting arrest. We’re advised he was then cited and launched with a courtroom date set for August 20.
