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DMB Bus Driver Cops Plea
It was a jam he couldn't get out of.
The bus driver for the Dave Matthews Band pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally dumping 800 pounds of liquid human waste from the vehicle onto a tour boat on the Chicago River last August.
As part of his plea deal with prosecutors to resolve charges of reckless conduct and discharging contaminants to cause water pollution, 42-year-old Stefan Wohl was sentenced to 18 months of probation and 150 hours of community service, said Tom Stanton, spokesman for the Cook County state attorney's office. Wohl will also have to pay a $10,000 fine.
The big stink occurred Aug. 8 when the Texas-born driver, who was helming the bus for DMB violinist Boyd Tinsley, released the septic tank into an open metal grate on the Kedzie Bridge. The excrement rained down on Chicago's Little Lady, a passing tour boat filled with 100 people on an architectural sightseeing cruise.
The boat immediately returned to dock where it was disinfected, and the Chicago Architectural Foundation, the tour operator, offered refunds to those hit by the falling feces.
Wohl, who was alone at the time of the incident, initially denied responsibility. But he changed his story after learning nearby surveillance cameras caught the dumping on tape.
The band, which was not in the bus at the time, cooperated with authorities from the get-go, including bringing the bus back to the Windy City for examination.
The band's publicist, John Vlautin, tells the Chicago Tribune that "the Dave Matthews Band family is shocked and saddened to think that one of our buses was involved in this terrible incident." He also said the band will continue "our efforts to make things right for all concerned."
Hoping to make amends with the city and the tainted tourists who were under the bridge and reeking, Matthews and his mates already donated $50,000 to the nonprofit group Friends of the Chicago River and $50,000 to the Chicago Park District.
The money given to the former was set aside for an endowment funding educational programs, including canoe trips and walking and bicycle tours, while the donation to the Park District went towards unspecified river-related improvements.
That wasn't enough for state Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who filed a lawsuit against DMB and Wohl seeking $70,000 in damages.
While that complaint is pending, the usually eco-friendly rockers meanwhile are doing what they do best--hitting the road.
They will kick off a weeklong Australian tour in Melbourne on Mar. 21, after which they'll return to the States for the New Orleans' Jazz Fest on Apr. 30.
The group, which also has been recording a new studio album, will then embark on a lengthy summer trek beginning June 1 in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and includes a stop at the fourth annual Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, taking place June 10-12. The tour wraps up Sept. 7 in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
Needless to say, Wohl, suspended since the charges were filed, won't be making that run.
Says Vlautin, "There are no plans for him to start driving again."
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