David Lee Roth...

[echo3mike]

By The Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - David Lee Roth got an unwanted visitor when a man being chased by police climbed over a fence and tried to hide in the rock star's yard.

The former Van Halen frontman's publicist said Roth used a shotgun to hold the man at bay until police arrived, but police spokeswoman Janet Pope could not confirm that Wednesday.

"He was laying on the grass when our officers arrived," Pope said of the man arrested.

She said Charles Cooley, 47, was being pursued by officers responding to complaints of someone throwing rocks at windows around 2 a.m. Saturday. He was arrested for investigation of amphetamine possession.

Roth publicist Lathum Nelson said the singer stood on his second-floor balcony and pointed a shotgun on the intruder until officers arrived.

"Dave cornered the guy with his shotgun. ... When the cops got there, he put the gun away," Nelson said Wednesday.

 

[cslinger]

Good for Dave.

Hey if David Lee Roth pointed a gun at me I sure as heck would be as non confrontational as possible because who knows what the drugs are telling his eyes.

Actually good on Dave. Seems like he handled it very well.

Chris

 

[cratz2]

You go, David!

 

[cordex]

He was on Bob and Tom (radio show, for those who didn't know) talking about "martial arts".
As best as I can remember, the quote went something like this:
"You guys go ahead and give peace a chance. We'll cover you when things go bad."

 

[PATH]

Obviously more than just a gigolo! Way to go dude!

 

[George Hill]

Shotgun was not really needed in this case.

 

[TimH]

Cordex...I like that quote

 

[Standing Wolf]

It's hard to argue with a shotgun.

 

[Ledbetter]

Do you think

that guy would have been a more responsible citizen that day if he knew David Lee Roth would be holding him at shotgun point at day's end?

Yow.

What a story for the (delinquent) grandkids.

 

[DeputyVaughn]

I always thought David Lee Roth was a uh....."Richardhead"....but I'll give him credit for this one.

Scott

 

[Ol' Badger]

You know he's gett'n old when he's home sleeping at 2am

 

[BamBam-31]

He should have followed the boomstick with Van Halen songs from a boombox. Or would that be cruel and unusual punishment?

 

[RTFM]

George Hill,

Could you immagine the thugs look that face and a side by side in his snoot.

 

[Miss Demeanors]

I wonder if he told the guy to go ahead and jump?

Way to go Dave!

 

[HABU]

Im suprised Dave didn't run down and start doing a kata in front of the guy or do some flying upside down back kicks in the perps general direction.

He must be getting old.

 

[coonan357]

new Van halen song ... make a move and I gonna make you a lady...( sung to the theme of dude looks like a lady)

 

[gburner]

I understood that he had signs posted on his property that read...IF YOU ARE FOUND HERE TONIGHT, YOU WILL BE FOUND HERE IN THE MORNING. good on him.

 

[DAL]

I don't really have anything to add to THIS discussion, but I just wanted to say the Van Halen is SOOO boring since DLR left.
DAL

 

[jmbg29]

booz-de-booz-de-bop-diddy-bop!

 

[Open Carry]

DLR was busted for drug possession in New York City some time ago. Is he not a prohibited posessor?

 

[Gray Peterson]

Misdemeanor offense? Probably not.

 

[Open Carry]

(B5) Are there certain persons who cannot legally receive or possess firearms? [Back]

Yes, a person who –

(1) Has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year;
(2) Is a fugitive from justice;
(3) Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
(4) Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution;
(5) Is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United states or an alien admitted to the United states under a nonimmigrant visa;
(6) Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
(7) Having been a citizen of the United states, has renounced his or her 8 citizenship;
(8) Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner; or
(9) Has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully receive, possess, ship, or transport a firearm. A person who is under indictment or information for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year cannot lawfully receive a firearm. Such person may continue to lawfully possess firearms obtained prior to the indictment or information. [18 U. S. C. 922( g) and (n), 27 CFR 178.32( a) and (b)]

 

[Monte Harrison]

...( sung to the theme of dude looks like a lady)

Sorry man, that's an Aerosmith song. But supposedly Steve Tyler is a gun guy, too.

 

[hksw]

It was for a $10 bag of marijuana.

 

[makdaddy03]

Way to go Dave!! I would have loved to seen the look on that intruders face. Just imagine David Lee Roth with a shotgun. Wheww!!!!