Charges against singer reduced
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A charge against former Creed frontman Scott Stapp stemming from an apparent confrontation with his wife was reduced to a misdemeanor Monday, and the 33-year-old singer was reported to be back at home in Boca Raton, Fla.
Stapp had been charged with aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony after he was arrested at his home Sunday. No one was injured, Palm Beach County sheriff’s officials said.
A judge reduced the charge “because the allegation is that Stapp threw a bottle of Orangina at his wife, at her head, and missed and the bottle broke,” sheriff’s spokesman Paul Miller said. “Based on the circumstances, the defense attorney argued that was not a deadly weapon.”
Stapp will be subject to random drug and alcohol testing, Miller said.
Stapp and Jaclyn Nesheiwat, Miss New York USA 2004, were married in Miami in February 2006.
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