‘Hawaii Five-0’ guest star Rick Springfield arrested for alleged drunk driving
In this police booking mug provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Monday entertainer Rick Springfield is shown after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, in Malibu, Calif., on Sunday.
LOS ANGELES >> Rick Springfield has been released from jail after being arrested by sheriff’s deputies Sunday night on suspicion of drunken driving.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said in a news release the rocker was stopped around 8 p.m. after a deputy spotted him speeding in his 1963 Corvette on Pacific Coast Highway.
The department states a test showed Springfield’s blood-alcohol content was .10 percent, which is over the .08 limit in which a person is presumed to be drunk.
Springfield guest stars in Monday night’s episode of “Hawaii Five-0” as photographer Renny Sinclair.
The singer was released Monday around 2 a.m. and is due in a courtroom in Malibu for a first appearance on July 5.
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A phone message for Springfield’s publicist Kim Jackwerth was not immediately returned.
