Village People Cop Busted

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Village People Cop Busted

by Sarah Hall

Jul 15, 2005, 2:10 PM PT

It may be fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A, but spending time in j-a-i-l is likely no walk in the park, even for a macho man.

Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman and lead singer from the Village People, had a chance to find out firsthand this week after he was arrested when police discovered a gun and drugs in his car during a traffic stop in Daly City, California.

Willis was was arrested late Monday after police turned up a loaded .45, crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia while searching his convertible Corvette.

Though it was not clear what prompted the traffic stop, it turned out that Willis was wanted on a $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics, which prompted his arrest and the search of his car.

The former Village Person did not have a valid driver's license or any form of identification and initially tried to lie to police about his name and address, before switching tactics and informing them that he was a founding member of the over-the-top disco band, police said.

Apparently the authorities weren't impressed by his star power. Willis was booked into San Mateo County jail on suspicion of six felony counts, including driving with a suspended license, possession of a firearm and transporting cocaine.

When police searched the "Macho Man" singer's home at the Franciscan Mobile Home Park in Daly City, they found cocaine residue, more drug paraphernalia and two pit bulls locked in the bedroom.

On Tuesday, Willis posted $100,000 bail and was released.

The fallen disco star is scheduled to be arraigned Aug.16. He was previously convicted of possessing drugs in 1990 and was acquitted of rape in 1993.

As the lead singer for the Village People when the band formed in 1977, Willis cowrote the band's biggest hits, including "Y.M.C.A," "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," but left the band in 1979, shortly before the shooting started on the group's film, Can't Stop the Music.

The band, made up of the Cop, the Native American (Felipe Rose), the Soldier (Alex Briley), the Construction Worker (David Hodo), the Cowboy (Jeff Briley) and the Biker (Eric Anzalone), took its inspiration from icons of social groups indigenous to New York's Greenwich Village, according to the official Village People Website.

After Willis left, he was replaced in the Cop role by Ray Simpson, who remains the band's lead singer today.

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[Rob Not Bob]

I was pretty sure the Biker's name was Glen Hughes (not to be confused witht he former Deep Purple bassist).

He passed away a couple of years ago.

RnB