Warrant issued for ex-Grateful Dead drummer Hart
Sept. 13, 2012, 2:05 PM EST
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) Police in Kentucky have a warrant for the arrest of
former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart stemming from an alleged assault after
a recent show.
Harrodsburg Police Lt. Chad Powell told The Associated Press on Thursday that
the warrant stems from an incident Saturday after a performance by the Mickey
Hart Band at Terrapin Hill Farm in Harrodsburg.
In an email from his publicist, Hart says he is "totally baffled" by the
assault claim and says it is completely false and without any basis.
Powell says that the investigation is ongoing and that the paperwork could
not be released. Mercer County Attorney Ted Dean was in court Thursday morning
and did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Details of the incident, first reported by TMZ, remain unclear. Hart played
with the Grateful Dead from 1967 until 1995.
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