Sheriff's 'Ozzy Party' Has Rocker Fuming

Nov 04, 10:54 AM

Current Headlines: Ozzy Osbourne wants an apology from the Cass County sheriff in Fargo, N.D., for staging a pre-concert sting operation in the rocker's name without his permission.

Osbourne claims his reputation was tarnished when Sheriff Paul Laney invited 500 people with outstanding warrants to a phony party at a Fargo nightclub before the rocker's concert with Rob Zombie at a nearby arena. More than 30 showed up and were arrested.

"Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with these arrests," Osbourne said in a statement.

Laney said Friday that it's his job to arrest people with outstanding warrants. He said mentioning Osbourne's name in the invitations was no different than a bar advertising a Super Bowl party by mentioning the teams playing in the game.

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