Celebrity Mugshots – Some of Your Favorite Celebrities are Actually Outlaws!
David Bowie, 1976
David Robert Jones is an English Rockstar popularly known as David Bowie. He made history in the late ’60s and early ’70s with songs like Life on Mars, Heroes and Ashes to Ashes. Not only did he make headlines with his elaborate costumes, ripped jeans and face makeup but a certain mugshot appeared in 1976. Bowie and his friend Iggy Pop were arrested in Rochester, New York after a concert at the Community War Memorial.
The singer and his friend were arrested when police discovered 6 ounces of illegal substances in their hotel rooms. The banned substance was later known to be Marijuana. Bowie and Pop only spent one night in jail and were released on bail. All charges were dismissed when a grand jury declined to indict them. Bowie did go for substance abuse treatment numerous time, and being arrested surely made him re-think his lifestyle.
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