Alabama Shakes, has been arrested on child abuse charges.As local news outlet WHNT reports, Johnson was arrested last Wednesday (March 24) after a grand jury indicted him on charges of wilful torture, wilful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise wilfully maltreating a child under the age of 18.The drummer was taken to Limestone County Jail and had his bond set at £15,600 ($21,500).
His arraignment is currently scheduled for April 7.NME has contacted representatives for Alabama Shakes for comment.Alabama Shakes’ last album was ‘Sound and Color’, released in 2015.
Over the course of their career, the Athens, Alabama group have earned nine Grammy nominations and won four. Johnson was a founding member of the band, performing on both ‘Sound.
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