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Eric Gunderson Arrested: Love and Theft Singer Nabbed for Airport Snafu

Sony Music Nashville

Love and Theft will never forget this year's ACM Awards -- though not necessarily because of what went down in Las Vegas. Last Wednesday (March 28), as the duo was leaving Nashville for Sin City, Eric Gunderson was stopped by airport security and arrested by police. His crime? Trying to board the plane with a large hunting knife.

As bandmate Stephen Barker Liles told Taste of Country, it was an honest mistake, and his bandmate is no terrorist. He'd simply been on a hunting trip the weekend before and grabbed the wrong bag for the ACM outing.

"I was waiting for Eric to go through security, and he always gets stopped because he's a diabetic ... he has needles and stuff like that in his bag," Stephen said. "Then, I see them pull out this huge hunting knife with like a 10" blade. The guy looks at Eric like he was going to kill everyone on the plane. So they called the cops right away, and I was like, 'Oh crap! Are we going to make our flight?'"

Luckily, the authorities let Eric go with a misdemeanor, and the pair made it to Vegas without further incident.

Days later, they were beat out by Thompson Square in the category of Vocal Duo of the Year, and while they were likely bummed to miss out on their first-ever ACM, it might have been a blessing in disguise. After all, the award would have been one more thing for Eric to carry through security.

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aworld520

hang him

April 02 2012 at 10:37 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
frankc354

HEE HAW !!!

April 02 2012 at 7:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tinmantom1

there is no real country anymore. anyway never heard of these people and according to the rest of these so called country artists hope i never here theyre names again.

April 02 2012 at 6:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
harolddundee

Who???

April 02 2012 at 3:56 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
n2paints3

sorry, i like some country music but never heard of this group. so were down to this now for exposure? really? an arrest at an airport just to get your name in the paper,ooops on the internet? remember these words current and aspiring musicians, if you cant be good, be loud.

April 02 2012 at 3:21 PM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
Darren

who??

April 02 2012 at 2:37 PM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
FEMACAMPER83

Oops! I take back all I've ever said about the TSA. The millions of dollars blown, the touching of little kids, the strip searching of handicapped grandmothers. It's all worth it now. Thanks TSA! By the way I would feel much safer if you could add checkpoints to all highways and bus stations using our tax dollars. Oh wait I see you have already started. God bless America!

April 02 2012 at 2:12 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
scorpian777

Oh! "wow" when is the execution?

April 02 2012 at 2:06 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
devinmcmusters

They should both be arrested for having a stupid name for a band.

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scorpian777

lol

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