Ozzy Osbourne Not Happy With The Cass County Sheriff’s Department
Usually it’s Ozzy raising the ire of law enforcement. Now law enforcement has gone and ticked Ozzy off with the sting they pulled at his recent Fargo concert (previous post about it here).
Since when does the lure of an OZZY OSBOURNE concert become the impetus for a sting operation by one local sheriff?
That’s what an outraged Osbourne would like to know after the events that transpired Monday, October 29 before his show at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND.
As masterminded by Paul D. Laney, a local county sheriff — under the name of PDL Productions — this is how the sting was set up, all without Osbourne’s knowledge:
Sheriff Laney took the liberty of planning an Ozzy Osbourne pre-show concert party by offering the very same perks included in Ozzy’s “official” VIP tour packages including two tickets to 40 unsuspecting citizens who received the PDL invites by mail.
When the “winners” showed up at the bash, they were promptly handcuffed and arrested on various outstanding warrants. Sheriff Laney quickly held a televised press conference to congratulate himself on the successful sting operation.
“Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back,” says Osbourne, “Sheriff Laney should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with these arrests. It’s insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job.”
I was surprised at how many people were upset with this little ruse Sheriff Laney pulled off in the comments to my previous post on the matter. I still don’t get what the objection is. The people invited to attend had warrants out for their arrest. Were they lied to? Sure. But it was a little white lie, and it resulted in the arrest of some 40 people in a safe and efficient manner.
I do think, however, that if law enforcement is going to do something like this at an event they need to notify the people holding the event first. It’s really not fair to use Ozzy Osbourne’s name and his concert event without first letting him know. A little more tact in that situation would have gone a long way.
