'Pawn Stars' figure jailed in Vegas on weapon, drug charges

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pawn-star...015215910.html


U.S.
'Pawn Stars' figure jailed in Vegas on weapon, drug charges
KEN RITTER,Associated Press 19 hours ago

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The man known to millions of cable TV viewers as Chumlee on the reality show “Pawn Stars” was being held late Wednesday in a Las Vegas jail following his arrest on felony weapon and drug charges.

Austin Lee Russell, 33, was taken into custody when officers serving a search warrant in a sexual assault investigation found methamphetamine, marijuana and at least one gun at his southwest Las Vegas home, police said in a statement.

Russell wasn’t booked on a sex-crime allegation. Officer Larry Hadfield, a department spokesman, said that part of the investigation stemmed from a recent complaint by a woman, and it is continuing.

Russell was being held pending an initial court appearance on 19 drug-possession charges and one weapon charge, according to Clark County Detention Center records. His bail was set at $62,000.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Russell had a lawyer.

A man who answered the phone at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Boulevard said he had no information about the arrest. A follow-up voicemail message was not returned.

A spokesman for A&E Network and the History Channel declined by email to comment.

Who would have thought that the Chum would be arrested on gun related charges? --Tyr

[Bilgerat]

[Elessar]

Although amusing, I thought he was the weakest character in that program.

[aboutime]

Chum never gave me the impression he was the SHARPEST knife in a drawer.

Aside from acting rude, and dumb. Chumb was the reason I stopped watching that show.

There are more than enough dumb people on the few programs I watch.

[Bilgerat]

Chum never gave me the impression he was the SHARPEST knife in a drawer.

Aside from acting rude, and dumb. Chumb was the reason I stopped watching that show.

There are more than enough dumb people on the few programs I watch.

He was also quite the "horn dog" when Olivia Black showed up for training

In case you forgot her, here she is;

[aboutime]

He was also quite the "horn dog" when Olivia Black showed up for training

In case you forgot her, here she is;

I will never, never, understand why today's culture is so willing to destroy their bodies for life.

Call me old fashioned, and as a 30 year navy veteran who NEVER got a single tattoo. There's
just something that (If I was a younger, unmarried man) turns me off to the insecurity people show
in themselves by thinking INK on their skin will make them more attractive????

[Bilgerat]

I will never, never, understand why today's culture is so willing to destroy their bodies for life.

Call me old fashioned, and as a 30 year navy veteran who NEVER got a single tattoo. There's
just something that (If I was a younger, unmarried man) turns me off to the insecurity people show
in themselves by thinking INK on their skin will make them more attractive????

22 years here and no tats

And I also have the same questions

[CSM]

I will never, never, understand why today's culture is so willing to destroy their bodies for life.

Call me old fashioned, and as a 30 year navy veteran who NEVER got a single tattoo. There's
just something that (If I was a younger, unmarried man) turns me off to the insecurity people show
in themselves by thinking INK on their skin will make them more attractive????

30 years in the Army ..... no ink for me. I didn't want any identifying marks just in case I had to kill some asshole.

[jimnyc]

I have nearly 30 tattoos in total, quite a few blended into one another though. None visible with a shirt on. NOT ONE was placed on me as a result of being insecure about anything.

[NightTrain]

My partner in the cabin was down in Vegas and ran across Chum in a bar - he's not nearly as stupid as he comes off in the show. It's all an act, every show needs a dumb guy around.

That meth charge would explain how he and Big Hoss lost so much weight, though.

[jimnyc]

My partner in the cabin was down in Vegas and ran across Chum in a bar - he's not nearly as stupid as he comes off in the show. It's all an act, every show needs a dumb guy around.

That meth charge would explain how he and Big Hoss lost so much weight, though.

I saw a few interviews with 'ol Chum and he came off quite smart, and didn't speak with the same slowness with his words. Definitely a lot of it is an act. And oh yeah, I've seen those sites where they will show someone with the effects of meth and you see them deteriorate and wither away. I hope this is a wake up call for him and he doesn't go the way of meth and have it ruin his life. He seems like a nice person, just immature.

[Jeff]

My partner in the cabin was down in Vegas and ran across Chum in a bar - he's not nearly as stupid as he comes off in the show. It's all an act, every show needs a dumb guy around.

That meth charge would explain how he and Big Hoss lost so much weight, though.

And lets not forget (don't remember what season) but it looked like he was wearing dentures, Meth eats the teeth up.

[NightTrain]

And lets not forget (don't remember what season) but it looked like he was wearing dentures, Meth eats the teeth up.

I noticed a couple years ago that Hoss had what looked like dentures, and that was after he'd lost over 100 pounds.

[Jeff]

I noticed a couple years ago that Hoss had what looked like dentures, and that was after he'd lost over 100 pounds.

Yea I wasn't sure what the heck was going on with both of them, they showed up for the new season skinny and with bright white perfect teeth.

What I wonder about is the sexual assault charges, and hell gun charges ?? After watching the show I just took it for granted that all the employees owned guns, heck half of the shows show them shooting. In fact one episode the Old man challenges them all to a skeet shoot and Big Hoss and Chum show up with assault type shot guns. I am guessing the gun charges are do to the Meth charges, Meth + Guns don't add up to well.

[Bilgerat]

Too soon?