Rick Springfield Arrested for Missed Court Date

Rick Springfield in Boca Raton, Florida.

Rick Springfield was arrested today near Los Angeles and taken into the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station after missing a court date he apparently didn't know about. "Arrested this am on a bench warrant. I didn't know that I was supposed [to] appear in court a few weeks ago," he wrote on his Facebook page with a photo of the police station. "It was to do with the old DUI charge and it's been cleared up and I am free to go."

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Springfield was arrested in May 2011 after police spotted him speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway in his 1963 Corvette. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor reckless driving charge with "driving under the influence conditions" last August and received three years of informal probation. He was required to attend a mandatory three-month alcohol education program. He has a show tonight at Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, California, and the arrest won't affect the gig.

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