'Bed Intruder' Star Antoine Dodson Arrested

By Christine Fenno Posted Apr 23rd 2011 01:12PM

In the early morning hours Saturday, original 'Bed Intruder' star Antoine Dodson was arrested.

Police in Huntsville, Ala., booked the viral video star on a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana; he was in custody a short time, according to TMZ, and released.

Dodson, 24, was charged with other misdemeanors as well: Speeding, failing to appear twice on a traffic charge and failing to have liability insurance.

When a reporter first put him on the air during a local news broadcast in 2010, Dodson said he'd witnessed an attempted sexual assault on his sister -- and he adamantly warned viewers 'Hide your kids, hide your wife' from the attacker. A viral sensation was born.

The drug-related arrest marks a setback for Dodson, who rocketed to fame after his initial TV clip inspired an Auto-tune song from the Gregory Brothers. The Chicago native then appeared on the 'Today' show, endorsed a mobile app and announced plans to shoot a reality TV pilot.

At the time he was discovered on the local news, Dodson was residing in Alabama housing projects and welcomed his nearly instant celebrity status: "This could be an opportunity for our family to get out of the 'hood," he recalls telling his sister, as quoted in an NPR report.

Tags: antoine dodson, Bed Intruder Song

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Monday 25 April

By jbear10024

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Obviously the Pot arrest isn't a really big issue. As it should be. Consider it's the USA's NUMBER ONE cash crop & arrests for it mean nothing. Wake up America........we're more concerned if he's a guy or a gal. Which tells me the people that are confused about it are uncertain themselves about who or what they like. Try smoking a joint then decide. Probably either one will make a difference. The entire thing says one thing: "There's WAY MORE IMPORTANT things the cops could & should be doing." I bet they had fun with this guy themselves & that's the only reason they took him in. It's ALABAMA after all. It's not often you get to have a fling with someone you ain't related to.

By leon

One of Mexico's best customers

By Ohmy

And, you expected more?

By rodaderozt

Thats a he?No way.

By Chris

Hey buddy, hide ya wife..check..hide ya kids..check..oops forgot to hide ya pot...

By Sue

check out the Adams apple hahaha

By glen

One creepy looking guy. You just want to say... grow up and get hair cut!

By DAGO

...JUST ANOTHER GHETTO RAT "WANNA BE WHITE" GETTING OUT OF CONTROL

By guest

he made the viral bed intruder & woke up to the early morning bed intruder once again oh my i am being raided my men in black & there much blacker then myself i bet he will be singing the bed intruder song in jail or prison for nexted 2 to 5 yrs

By jr

is that thing a oompa loompa ?

By spider3l6

eww..thank you again youtube

By l1a1h1

Get out of the hood? You ARE the hood, stupid! Deal with it! Just another drug munkie.

By Citizen

Society is such a herd of sheep. When will people realize that marijuana is not a drug? Its a flower. And how and why is it news that someone got "caught" with some? Ridiculous.

By HAYLEY BUG

so is cocaine, what's your point

By Larry

This dude is disgusting! He should be hidden far away from the public. Especially far away from children! FREAK!

By pat

what a horse face.

awesome

By Annie

AOL please hire professional journalists to contribute to your news articles. We're tired of these boring, poorly written, grammatically incorrect rantings with no point. Yeah, you probably get them cheap and you don't care what they write.

WTF is that???????????

Tuesday 26 April

By Danny I

Pot is such a stupid thing to charge for. People need to drop their aversion to it, legalize it, and move on!!
But failure to appears, and no liability insurance, c'mon, how much money did you make, and you are going to risk someone suing you, and taking it all. And you can't take care of a couple court appearances. Hello, money will make those things go away......

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