Andy Dick Arrested for Exposing Teen

Actor released on $5,000 bail after allegedly groping a 17-year-old and getting caught with drugs

By Gina Serpe, Whitney English Jul 16, 2008 5:35 PMTags
Andy Dick, MugshotMurrieta Police Department

Andy Dick has once again found himself on the wrong side of the law.

The arrest-prone actor was busted in Murietta, Calif., early this morning on felony charges of sexual battery, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and public intoxication after allegedly groping and exposing a 17-year-old restaurant patron.

The arresting officer, Lt. Dennis Vrooman, told E! News he picked up the actor at 1:13 a.m. today outside the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant and bar after receiving a complaint about a man urinating outside and generally causing a disturbance.

"He was extremely intoxicated," Vrooman said.

Upon arriving at the scene, witnesses told the officers that Dick had sexually battered a female teen victim.

Per the police report, the 42-year-old actor approached two girls outside the restaurant before grabbing and pulling down the tank top and bra of the unidentified 17-year-old.

Several of Dick's friends attempted to remove him from the location, but cops stopped the group's truck several minutes later at a nearby Sam's Club.

"The girls were uncomfortable with what he had done," Vrooman said. "They signed private person arrest forms requesting that he be arrested. It was not mutual."

After locating Dick, both the victim and an additional witness managed to identify the actor in a curbside lineup.

As if the situation wasn't bad enough for Dick, officers found marijuana and Xanax in his pants pockets, Vrooman said.

Dick was booked at the Southwest Detention Center and transported to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department earlier this morning. He has since been released on $5,000 bail.

According to Vrooman, it will likely take several days before Dick's case will be submitted to the district attorney.