Coheed and Cambria Bassist Arrested Before Gig

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  • Diamondjimi
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • May 2004
    • 12086

    Coheed and Cambria Bassist Arrested Before Gig

    Coheed and Cambria Bassist Arrested Before Gig
    by TMZ Staff
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    Michael Todd, the bassist for the band Coheed and Cambria, was arrested for armed robbery after he allegedly held up a Walgreens by claiming he had a bomb ... and this all went down right before they played a show!

    According to police in Attleboro, MA ... Todd showed a pharmacist a cell phone note that said he had a bomb and demanded Oxycontin. He made off with six bottles of pain pill and fled via taxi.

    But police say he was spotted in the cab and police were able to track it via the dispatcher ... to the Comcast Center where Coheed and Cambria were set to open up for Soundgarden.

    Police said Todd was arrested without incident after he was identified by the cab driver, the pharmacist and by store surveillance video.

    Todd was charged with armed robbery and unlawful possession of prescription narcotics. He is being held on $10,000 bail and will be arraigned on Monday morning.


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  • sadaist
    TOASTMASTER GENERAL
    • Jul 2004
    • 11625

    #2
    Originally posted by Diamondjimi

    I understand your sentiment here. But painkiller addiction is a motherfucker. It consumes, controls, and you don't believe you can live without it. Even if you don't have pain anymore, when you stop your body manufactures 'phantom pain' to trick you into taking the medication.

    This guy went to an extreme. It's easy enough to see a doctor and get a legitimate script. Especially if you have money, you can see many different doctors. And in this guys case he could have doctors in several towns. No excuse really for what he 'allegedly' did here. 24 hour urgent cares, walk-in clinics, hospitals, a lot of ways to get it legally. And even then you can usually find it on Craigslist and other similar sources. NO EXCUSE for robbery.

    I don't know this guy or this band....but it's obvious the demon has hold of him. I hope he can shake it. I hope his bandmates don't abandon him while he is at his lowest point.
    “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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    • Nitro Express
      DIAMOND STATUS
      • Aug 2004
      • 32798

      #3
      More people die from perscription drugs now than illicite drugs. Whether it's poppy milk or synthetic, it's all opiates.
      No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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      • FORD
        ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

        • Jan 2004
        • 58794

        #4
        Should have sent his maid out to score pills like Mush did.
        Eat Us And Smile

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        • sadaist
          TOASTMASTER GENERAL
          • Jul 2004
          • 11625

          #5
          Originally posted by Nitro Express
          More people die from perscription drugs now than illicite drugs. Whether it's poppy milk or synthetic, it's all opiates.

          It all boils down to who your pusher is. A guy in an Iron Maiden t-shirt behind 7/11? Or a guy in a white coat working for a man in a 3-piece suit?
          “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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          • sadaist
            TOASTMASTER GENERAL
            • Jul 2004
            • 11625

            #6
            Anyone remember in the movie Tombstone with Kurt Russel & Val Kilmer. Didn't Wyatts girlfriend take a ton of some liquid opium medicine? Was supposed to be for headaches & general pain, but I think in the 1800's it was actually just like opium syrup that you took sips of. Just shows that opiate addiction is nothing new here in America.
            “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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            • Mr. Vengeance
              Full Member Status

              • Nov 2004
              • 4148

              #7
              Remember when before a show all band members did was fuck groupies and drink tons of booze? And checked bowls for brown M&Ms?
              Stay Frosty, muthas!

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              • Diamondjimi
                DIAMOND STATUS
                • May 2004
                • 12086

                #8
                Originally posted by sadaist
                I understand your sentiment here. But painkiller addiction is a motherfucker. It consumes, controls, and you don't believe you can live without it. Even if you don't have pain anymore, when you stop your body manufactures 'phantom pain' to trick you into taking the medication.

                This guy went to an extreme. It's easy enough to see a doctor and get a legitimate script. Especially if you have money, you can see many different doctors. And in this guys case he could have doctors in several towns. No excuse really for what he 'allegedly' did here. 24 hour urgent cares, walk-in clinics, hospitals, a lot of ways to get it legally. And even then you can usually find it on Craigslist and other similar sources. NO EXCUSE for robbery.

                I don't know this guy or this band....but it's obvious the demon has hold of him. I hope he can shake it. I hope his bandmates don't abandon him while he is at his lowest point.
                True, but doesn't this guy have any connections????

                Originally posted by Nitro Express
                More people die from perscription drugs now than illicite drugs. Whether it's poppy milk or synthetic, it's all opiates.
                Doctors are the biggest pushers on the planet.

                Originally posted by FORD
                Should have sent his maid out to score pills like Mush did.
                Or simply load up an "assistant" with plenty of his drug of choice like Freddie Mercury used to...
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                • GreenBayLA
                  Sniper
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 796

                  #9
                  Steven Tyler said benzos like oxycontin are harder to kick than heroin. took monster magnet singer dave wyndorf a year to recover after his benzo sleeping pill od and he gained a lot of weight. why do you think they call it dope?
                  "Nothing gets a yak over a suspension bridge faster than 'Back in the Saddle Again' by Aerosmith" ~ DLR

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