Clen Campbell sentenced to 10 days in jail

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 15 Jun 2004 12:36 pm

From today's wire services:

Singer Glen Campbell Gets Jail Over Drunk Driving

Country Star Pleaded Guilty Last Month, to Serve 10 Days on Furlough Plan

PHOENIX, (June 15) - Singer/guitarist Glen Campbell was sentenced Tuesday to 10 days in jail for extreme drunken driving and leaving the scene of a accident last year, court officials said.

Campbell, 68, will be allowed out each day for 12 hours on work furlough under a plea deal that was formally approved during a brief hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court. He also was placed on two years probation and must perform 75 hours of community service under the sentence, which begins July 1.

The Grammy-winning country music star pleaded guilty last month to the two misdemeanor charges stemming from a collision near his Phoenix home in which no one was injured. An aggravated assault charge was dropped as part of the plea bargain.

Campbell, a longtime area resident, was arrested by Phoenix police in November 2003 and registered a 0.20 blood-alcohol level. The legal limit in Arizona is 0.08, with extreme drunken driving at levels greater than 0.15.

The singer, who topped the charts multiple times during his 40 years in the music industry with well-known songs like "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "Rhinestone Cowboy," has apologized to family, friends and fans.

He also has warned others not to drink and drive, and not to drink

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 15 Jun 2004 12:47 pm

The photo (mugshot) is not one he will send out as a promo.
Hook

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David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 15 Jun 2004 1:09 pm

Sounds like 5 days in jail,
spread out over 10 days.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 16 June 2004 at 02:09 PM.]

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 15 Jun 2004 2:27 pm

It seems to me that he'll have to sleep on jail, but will be free during most of his waking hours.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 15 Jun 2004 3:43 pm

Wonder what we would have gotten?

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 15 Jun 2004 4:18 pm

The footage I saw of his arrest.......WOW! I didn't know you could get that drunk and still walk! Just barely.
Robbie Bossert

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 15 Jun 2004 6:28 pm

I heard ole Glenn is working in jail on his next release.

"Don't drink and drive. Keep both hands on the bottle."

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 15 Jun 2004 6:56 pm

I think I'd rather be awake while in jail and sleep while I was out free, if you get my drift.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 15 Jun 2004 8:07 pm

He also has warned others not to drink and drive

ok, good.

and not to drink

oh come on now! let's not go overboard!

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 16 Jun 2004 1:08 am

Howard, you're last remark reminds of the "Diving Duck Blues"

Perry Hansen · Post by **Perry Hansen** » 16 Jun 2004 5:02 am

Ken, more words for that song:

"I had to drive, I was too drunk to walk."

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 16 Jun 2004 5:32 am

If you don't like my driving, stay off the sidewalk!!

chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 16 Jun 2004 10:33 am

I had a friend who was a member of DAMM, drunks against mad mothers. He was dangerous....

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 16 Jun 2004 11:17 am

Gotta call from MADD. Obviously they wanted a donation. I said, "I will donate when you drop one of those D's."

She said, "What?"

I said "Mothers against Drinking"

carl

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 16 Jun 2004 1:13 pm

MADD was formed partly by a mother from my hometown....
And someone from my high school was lost and she decided no other mother should lose her child like that.

Having driven a van filled with PA equipment home from too many gigs to remember at 4 am.
I VERY much came to appreciate her efforts.

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 17 Jun 2004 8:10 pm

The M.D.'s are prescribing some scary stuff for anxiety, depression, etc.
You don't know how scary until you're in the middle of a bad reaction. I've experienced that first hand.

In an article I read tonight, Glen blamed his behavior that day on alcohol and the anti-anxiety drug Lexapro.
"I just went berzerk", he said.[This message was edited by David Cobb on 17 June 2004 at 09:11 PM.]

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 17 Jun 2004 9:30 pm

.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 November 2004 at 08:10 PM.]

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 18 Jun 2004 7:10 am

Jim, I'd like to think that rather than ducking responsibility for what happened, Glen was just stating what the contributing factors were.
I believe he's being candid about how things went down that day rather than taking the attitude that "it wasn't my fault".
Only he knows where his heart lies on the matter.
The doctors tell you when they prescribe these things that you must not consume alcohol with them.
There are many unknown factors here.
Was this a new prescription that he had no experience with?
Had he been taking it for awhile and if so, did he feel comfortable with it to the point that he thought maybe he could have a little afternoon cocktail?
You really don't know how a prescription will affect you until you've already swallowed the darn thing and then your perceptions gradually begin to change over a period of hours or days.
And meds don't affect two individuals the same way.
Perhaps Glen didn't get the word or if he did he didn't take the cautions seriously enough, perhaps he forgot, perhaps he thought one little drink wouldn't matter, but he messed up, publicly.
A lot of people don't follow their doctors orders to the letter.
When you get into medications that target your mind, watch out.
In my case, it was an anti-depressant and the doctor cautioned me extensively about what behavioral changes I might experience.
Without going into a lot of details, I found that it was too potent and I had to discontinue the prescription.
Now if I had consumed any alcohol with the medication, there's no telling what the effect would have been.
[This message was edited by David Cobb on 18 June 2004 at 08:14 AM.]

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 18 Jun 2004 8:06 am

David,

You are a noble and kind person. I admire you for that. But I must agree with Jim. In all likelyhood, IF the truth be known, Jim hit it the nail right on the head. Also, it would NOT surprise me to learn that he had NOT taken any medication at all. Let's face it "cya" is "cya" no matter who uses it.

If Glen Campbell did not drink at all, then what happened would not have happened, and this post would never have been created. The problem is drinking.

I know, I know all the cliche's. I have heard them all my life. But I also know all the pain, death and sufferings that drinking has caused in millions upon millions of lives. And will cause til the end of time.

I have seen scores of "social drinkers" bring horrible pain and suffering upon themselves and their loved ones because it rarely ever stops (given enough time) with "just a glass of wine at dinner."

I have to agree with an old pastor I once heard say, "It does not matter whether if it's at the graduation party, the Christmas party, the Coronation ball, the Inauguration of the President, the weekly meeting of the Lion's club, or under the sanctimonious skirt of a woman who says she does it in the name of religion, drinking is wrong".

Flame on brothers. But, the horribly high and untold facts of broken marriages, brutality, pain, suffering and death are ON the ole pastor's side.

The greatest single thing Glen could do is, "I should never drink period. I was wrong, it was totally my fault and I make no excuses for my horrible actions. I have sinned a great sin, since I am a Christian. I pray Jesus will forgive me for this terrible and dastardly deed I have done"

Sadly, that is not going to be said by him or most anyone else. Man has from the beginning condoned evil while persecuting good.

Nothing has changed. Thank Jesus there was not a person in that car he crashed into after beginning with (I am sure) a little "social drink",

carl

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 18 Jun 2004 3:20 pm

Thanks for your compliments Carl.
I'm sure you'd agree, people who are or have been a celebrity are under pressures and public scrutiny that the average Joe couldn't understand or cope with to any greater degree.
Cash, Jones, and perhaps thousands of others if you count all the musical genre's, have been down the road ol' G.C. is going.
The truth is that I was going to post some Glen Campbell jokes until I read the article last night and it really hit home.
If he had died running his car into a wall, people would say, why didn't he see a doctor, why didn't he seek help for whatever was eating him?
Since he says he was taking a prescription, I'd say he was seeking help.
Sadly enough, many seek solace in the bottle, and he went that route too.
We'll see if he can get a grip on his demons.
Respectfully, everybody.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 19 Jun 2004 2:53 am

Glen Campbell had already been "saved" by Jesus from drinking and drugging, according to his autobiography. Alcoholism and addiction appear to have such a strong genetic component that most experts believe that the predisposition towards it can only be overcome with lifelong vigilance. Some kinds of prescription drugs can trigger an almost-accidental return to drinking. If there was an easy solution, we'd know about it.[This message was edited by David Mason on 19 June 2004 at 03:54 AM.]

William Peters · Post by **William Peters** » 19 Jun 2004 6:27 am

RANT MODE ON

Glenn Campbell has a problem, but I am not going to pass judgement on him. Anyone on Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, Wellbutrin, etc is at risk for doing all kinds of bad things they wouldn't ordinarily do. I found this out the hard way.

A couple of years ago, I had several bouts of malignant hypertension. My doctor thought I was having panic attacks, and prescribed Zoloft for me. Well, I felt better for a couple of weeks, but then the darkness started to overtake me. I became very angry all the time, and wanted to smash and destroy. Fortuneatly, my wife is a pharmacist and made the connection to Zoloft. It took me a whole year to wean myself off the drug without having even more severe side effects, but it was the right thing to do, and now I am back to normal. When I realized what was happening, I started reading everything I could find about prozac type drugs, and I found nothing good.

According to Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, who has studied these drugs in depth, these drugs should not have made it to the market. Some people become violent, suicidal, and generally destructive on these drugs. Trials on animals had to be stopped early because the dogs and cats became so violent. In the first human trials, suicides occurred. Did you know that the incidence of "road rage" in America exactly parallels the number of precriptions for Prozac type drugs? Hmmmm...

But here's the thing.... drug companies make billions of dollars by convincing doctors that they are cure-alls, much like the 19th century doctors who prescribed mercury for everything (which is the orgin of the term QUACK - mercury --> quicksilver --> quacksalver (german) --> quack)

Here's a good article to read which shows the political connection and what we are in for...
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7454/1458

RANT MODE OFF

Bill
www.wgpeters.com

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 19 Jun 2004 7:42 am

enlightening...thanks[This message was edited by HowardR on 19 June 2004 at 08:42 AM.]