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Cage The Elephant’s Matt Shultz arrested for unlawful gun possession

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Cage The Elephant frontman Matt Schultz has been arrested after he was allegedly discovered to be in unlawful possession of two loaded weapons.

Based on the New York Submit, Schultz was staying on the Bowery Resort in Decrease Manhattan when police confronted him on on Thursday January 5. The police had been reportedly tipped off by a member of the resort’s employees, who is alleged to have witnessed the singer pulling a gun from his pocket in “a public half” of the constructing.

Throughout his arraignment on Friday night time (January 6), prosecutors claimed Schultz appeared to be intoxicated through the ordeal.

Police reportedly discovered two weapons in Schultz’ resort room, in addition to a set of 11 Polaroid pictures – together with some that confirmed “a hand holding [and] pointing the firearm” – and 6 handwritten notes. Prosecutors have alleged that one of many notes “states in substance” a declare from Schultz that he “will defend [himself] if [he is] attacked”.

Schultz posted his bail of $10,000 (£8,270) on Friday night time and has a court docket listening to scheduled for Wednesday February 22.

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Cage The Elephant launched their newest album, ‘Social Cues’, in January of 2019.

Talking to NME the identical 12 months, Schultz revealed he wished to work with Mark RonsonKanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Infantile Gambino and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.

Paul McCartney could be unimaginable,” he added. “I met him at competition and misplaced myself. I stammered: ‘Uh…you uh, had been the voice of a era Your melodies had been so good!’ That’s all I might get out. However our guitarist Nick Bockrath truly ended up at a cocktail party enjoying bongos in a drum circle with Paul and John McEnroe!”



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