Chris Young arrested — charged with resisting arrest, assaulting an officer at Nashville bar

Chris Young arrested — charged with resisting arrest, assaulting an officer at Nashville bar

Chris Young has landed himself in the dawg house.

The Country singer-songwriter was arrested at a Nashville bar Monday night and charged with disorderly conduct.

Young (“Gettin’ You Home”) stopped off at the Tin Roof Bar in midtown Nashville at the same time agents from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission were checking IDs and licenses, according to TMZ.

Young, 38, allegedly started peppering the agents with questions after they checked his ID — and things got out of control from there.

Officials say he recorded them and then followed them to an adjacent bar called The Dawg House, where TABC officials were conducting a routine compliance check, according to the report.

When Young was in The Dawg House, he allegedly started to talk to people at the bar, and to the bartender, while the TABC agents went into the back of the joint to check ABC [Restricted Brewery License] cards.

Chris Young at the 57th Annual CMA Awards last November in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

The agents claim that they were walking toward the door when Young blocked their exit and put his hands on one of the agents to stop them from leaving — and then he allegedly struck the agent on the shoulder.

According to the officials, they pushed Young away, which caused some bar patrons to get between Young and the TABC agents — causing a lot of yelling, screaming and commotion.

Young then followed the agents out of The Dawg House, according to TMZ, and the situation became “hostile.”

Chris Young performs onstage during the 2023 Charlie Daniels Patriot Awards at City Winery in Nashville in September 2023. Getty Images

Officials said Young’s eyes were “bloodshot and watery” and that his speech was slurred.

He was arrested and booked on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault on an officer offensive contact.”

Young, who posted $2,500 bond, was released from custody Tuesday morning.

He is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 16.

Chris Young was arrested for disorderly conduct at a Nashville bar Monday night. MNPD

Young won Season 4 of USA’s competition series “Nashville” star in 2006 and was a contestant on the USA series “Barmageddon.”

He’s released five albums and, in 2017, became a member of the vaunted Grand Ole Opry.

Young’s second album “The Man I Want to Be,” released in 2009, spawned two number 1 singles, “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song”) and the title track.

His third album, “Neon,” included two number 1 songs, “Tomorrow” and “You” in 2011 and a top 5 hit (“I Can Take It from There”) in 2012.

He had a sixth number 1 single with “I’m Comin’ Over” and his duet with Vince Gill on “Sober Saturday Night” hit number 1 on the Country Airplay charts in 2016.

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