Kid Rock Bus Bust: Drugs Found, But Rock Not Aboard10/21/2002 3:00 PM, LAUNCH
Billy Altman
(10/21/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Drugs were found on Kid Rock's tour bus by police after his West Palm Beach gig opening for Aerosmith on Sunday (October 20), but the rap-rocker was not on the bus at the time. The bus was pulled over on the Florida Turnpike just hours after the band performed.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's detective and the Florida Highway Police pulled the bus over on a tip from a motorist. They found a marijuana cigarette and a small amount of cocaine aboard the vehicle.
Driver Jeffrey Paul McCardle and one passenger, Kevin Joseph McMahon, who identified himself as Rock's personal assistant, were aboard the bus, according to the arrest affidavit by arresting officer Detective Bill Hardman. After a search, McMahon was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of under 20 grams of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on $16,000 bond.
The cocaine was found in McMahon's front pocket, and a search of the bus by a drug-sniffing dog yielded paraphernalia, a briefcase that contained a joint, rolling papers, and $3,717 in cash. McMahon told police that all the drugs found on the bus were his.
The bus was en route to Nashville where Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker band had flown after the West Palm Beach show.
-- Darren Davis, New York
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also. kidrock has made reference to his love for marijanna in his songs, so there you have it. time to find a new role model