Orange County cops have taken to hanging around out front of the House of Blues at Disneyland's Downtown Disney, busting drunks as they emerge from alterna-band shows. Fish, barrel, smoking gun.
An Anaheim police officer approached and asked if he'd been drinking. Douglas said, "Yeah, but it doesn't matter: I have a designated driver." The officer promptly handcuffed Douglas, charged him with being drunk in public, and put him in a squad car…
Police put Douglas in a one-person holding cell and released him at 3:30 a.m. He waited on the street for a ride home. On Jan. 10, Douglas pleaded guilty as charged, agreed to pay a $100 fine and a $151 "booking fee"—to cover his shower, cell and, perhaps, dry socks—instead of facing the prospect of a long trial and a much stiffer sentence.
(Thanks, Boogah!)
