Apparently, there is a significant deadbeat dad population in North Dakota who also really love heavy metal. Sheriff Paul Laney was aware of this, so he came up with a clever scheme to arrest the men who have been refusing to pay child support.
The men were sent invitations to an exclusive meet and greet with Ozzy and Rob Zombie, hours before the Fargo, North Dakota stop on their double-headlining tour. The invite also promised an open bar. Amazingly, people fell for this... because there was nothing at all suspicious about that.
As a matter of fact, they nabbed 40 guys in this sting operation. 40 guys who were habitually ignoring court summonses and not making their child support payments. How does that thought process work? "Serious documents with potentially serious legal ramifications? Screw that!... but Ozzy and Rob Zombie want to hang with me? Awesome!"
It's pretty clear we're not dealing with the brightest bulbs here.
I have to be honest -- even doing what I do for a living, I'd be awfully suspicious if an invitation like that appeared in my house. I might try to find out more information, but ultimately, I don't think I'd go. It's not even that I have legal troubles and am afraid of being caught... I'd just assume it was a scam of some sort, where I'd end up robbed, raped, and probably dead.
As for these guys? Well, they ended up handcuffed and now have to really deal with the legal ramifications of ignoring their court issues. Sucks for them, but then again... they probably should have taken care of business. And maybe they also should have realized that Rob Zombie and Ozzy Osbourne have better things to do than hang out with their deabeat asses.
