a dog-eared town

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Ok, I do not know for a fact that he is, but from his interviews I always thought he was. Regardless, I was surprised to see the following story this morning.

Rikki Rockett, the 46-year-old drummer of ’80s hair-metal purveyor Poison, was taken into custody on a rape warrant as he arrived Monday at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight back from New Zealand.

I’m not quite sure it took them this long to arrest the guy as the incident happened back in September of 2007.

Rockett is wanted in connection with an incident that occurred Sept. 23, 2007 at the Silver Star Casino, said Neshoba County sheriff’s investigator Ralph Sciple.

The musician, who was staying at the Delta resort, allegedly forced himself on an unidentified female guest. Sciple said the accuser filed a police report days later, and Neshoba authorities issued the warrant for his arrest after determining there was probable cause.

Ok. Obviously something happened and someone feels that it wasn’t wrong. Good for her. But still…

A former hairdresser from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Rockett cofounded Poison in the mid-’80s with his high school pal, vocalist Bret Michaels.

I know I know, doesn’t mean he’s gay. But if that turns out to be his defense in court…