Scott Stapp Caught Drunk In An Airport

02/13/06 5:00pm

by Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack)

Former Creed frontman and recent Baltimore brawler Scott Stapp was arrested Saturday at the Los Angeles International Airport after he was suspected of being intoxicated.

An Airport Police representative told Billboard.com that Stapp was taken into custody at the airport but was unable to give further details on the charges. The same representatives said the department is readying an official statement on the arrest and that all booking or blood alcohol testing would be done by the Los Angeles Police Department — not at the airport.

The singer married Jaclyn Nesheiwat, a former Miss New York, in Miami a day before the arrest. His new bride is the director of public affairs for the Scott Stapp Foundation — an organization that promotes healthy parent-child relationships.

Back in December, Stapp was in more trouble after being involved in a drunken fist fight with members of 311 at a hotel bar in Baltimore. The band stated that Stapp was intoxicated, destructive, used the F-word (fuck, for those of you who don't know it) and made inappropriate comments to a 311 wife. Apparently Stapp then started a brawl by punching a member of the band, from which one 311 member suffered a fractured knuckle. Stapp has officially stated that he did not start the squabble.