Puddle of Mudd frontman arrested again

The frontman of the Puddle of Mud, Wes Scantlinwas arrested again last week after a traffic stop turned into a tense standoff with the musician. According to TMZ, the singer was arrested on July 31 when police in Burbank, California stopped him while he was driving his black Hummer H2.

Police initially stopped Scantlin for a traffic violation, but discovered he had an outstanding warrant for a previous case of alleged possession of a weapon at an airport.

When police asked Scantlin to get out of the car, he refused and after several attempts to get the singer out of the vehicle, officers reportedly used pepper spray. After that failed, TMZ reports, the SWAT unit was called in to break the window and then use more pepper spray to get him out of the vehicle. Scantlin has reportedly been booked on the outstanding warrant and an additional charge of resisting arrest has been added. The singer is scheduled to appear in court on August 20.

It wouldn’t be the first time Scantlin has run into legal trouble. After a promising start to his career, Puddle of Mudd’s output has slowed over the past decade, while the singer has faced a series of arrests.

In 2012, Scantlin pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and was also arrested for an alleged drunken altercation on an airplane. The drunkenness charge was later dropped.

In 2013, he was arrested for speeding and driving with a suspended license and for an alleged domestic incident with his ex-wife. That same year, he was also arrested for vandalizing a neighbor’s property with a chainsaw and a sledgehammer.

In the years since, Scantlin has been arrested for violating a warrant, attempting to board a plane with a pellet gun, and trespassing at his former home.

In 2018, the musician entered rehab and seemed to be on the right track to returning to his career. With “Welcome to Galvania” in 2019, Puddle of Mudd released their first new studio album in a decade. They have since released another album, “Ubiquitous” in 2023.