Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, was arrested after police found a gun and drugs in his car in San Francisco. Willis also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics.

The Village People is an American disco group well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American masculine cultural stereotypes as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics. Members of the group wore a sailor costume, a biker costume, a cowboy costume, and one Victor Edward Willis wore the policeman costume.

As irony would call it, the policeman of the group was arrested by real policemen in March 2006. Police stopped his car and found cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He pleaded no contest on July six years ago today and was sentenced to three years probation after agreeing to enter a drug treatment program.

It was reported that when Willis was arrested in San Francisco for the drug possession, he gave officers a fake name. They didn't know who he was until Willis was fingerprinted.

Willis was also charged with abuse a few months before when his a woman claiming to be his girlfriend told police that she had been choked and threatened with a knife by Willis. The woman told officers that Willis had been abusive and was just recently out on bail on the assault charge.

In 2015, Victor Willis came back to the music industry and debuted a solo album, Solo Man.

Willis co-wrote such hits as YMCA and In the Navy during his time in the Village People during the 70s.

You can request Village People tunes during the Friday Gold Rush where our Rhythm Crew will gladly accept your requests! Friday Gold Rush every Friday, where we we bring you music through time. Only here at the rhythm of the city, Y101, Always First.

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