YouTubers have been showing up in mainstream media more often than ever.
Most make headlines for promoting a new movie or making the next viral video, but some end
up in the papers after getting themselves in trouble.
Here are 15 YouTubers who were arrested for being on the wrong side of the law.
1.
Trollstation
A notorious gang of YouTube pranksters who make videos for YouTube channel Trollstation
were jailed after staging fake robberies.
During the first hoax, the group is seen wearing tights over their heads, while one of the
members hold up a large speaker to play a loud siren.
They pretend to smuggle pre-purchased paintings out of an art gallery in London.
Later in the day, they performed a similar mock robbery at a different gallery as they
dragged a woman in a fake kidnapping.
All members pleaded guilty to causing fear and provocation of violence during the two
hoaxes and were sentenced to 6 months in prison.
2. Ssniperwolf
Popular YouTube gamer, Lia Shelesh known as SSSniperwolf was first arrested for armed
robbery back in 2015. Though she was convicted for the offence, Lia claims the charges were
false and maintains her innocence.
After recently making headlines once again with rumors of arrest, Lia took to Twitter
confirming the allegations and posted a video detailing the events that lead to her being
arrested for the second time.
This wasn’t the first time her volatile relationship with her boyfriend got them in
trouble. She was charged with disorderly conduct and released the next day.
3. Whiteboy7thst
For Alex, it wasn’t out of the ordinary to get swatted as a prank while streaming
on Twitch. In fact, it was his third time that month.
The video shows Alex playing DayZ until he hears a knock on the door and rushes away
from his computer. Next we see a police officer and a police dog seemingly searching his residence.
And that’s it.
He later revealed that he got arrested and charged with felony cannabis possession.
4. RossCreations Charles Ross was first taken into custody
in 2013 after giving wedgies to unsuspecting people at a movie theater. When one of the
victims didn’t find this very funny, Charles was arrested on misdemeanor charges.
His second arrest came after filming his video titled "Jumping Over a Cop.”
The next video shows him leaping over the head of a police officer, flipping over him
and landing on his feet. He comes back into the frame a few seconds later, only to get
wrestled to the ground, and arrested to spend the night in jail.
5. Michael Lombardo
Mike was a musician with more than 200,000 subscribers on YouTube. He was arrested in
after a long federal investigation resulted in charges of soliciting minors for
explicit photos. FBI is said to have found thousands of inappropriate
pictures and videos of minors on his phone and computer.
Mike eventually pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced to a minimum of five years
in federal prison
6. Bashurverse Back in 2004, Brandon was arrested and charged
with Unlawful Transaction With A Minor. The speculation is that he was a 20-year-old man
having sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl. Brandon was let go with what he terms
“a slap on the wrist” and was only charged with sexual misconduct which is a much lesser
offense.
Fast forward 11 years, the information regarding the arrest was leaked out and heavily publicized
by no other than DramaAlert.
Unfortunately for Brandon, the exposure caused a domino effect as other underaged girls started
coming out of the woodwork with new stories.
7. Cameron Dallas Cameron was arrested after a woman claimed
she was nearly hit by a paint can thrown from his apartment balcony.
In his video, appropriately titled, “Arrested For Paint Twister,” he is seen playing a
fun game of Twister with his buddies with dots of paint on each of the colored circles. Unsurprisingly,
things get messy. So when cops arrive and discover the entire
apartment, along with everyone inside it, spattered with paint, Cameron was quickly
arrested.
There simply wasn’t enough evidence
connecting him to the alleged crime. But he was still charged with felony vandalism for
the mess he made in his own apartment.
8. Jesse Wellens
Jesse’s famous for being the male half of YouTube’s hottest prank channels, PrankvsPrank
and BFvsGF.
Though it wasn’t heavily reported on, Jesse has been arrested on a few occasions. He was
first taken into custody after attempting what seemed to be an innocent prank back in
2013, dropping a wad of cash in front of unsuspecting UFC lovers.
An official document also resurfaced online in 2014 stating he was arrested for disorderly
conduct in a casino in Pennsylvania. The document states that he climbed on top of a slot machine
and was jumping up and down when security were notified.
He was recently arrested once again at Burning Man for flying a drone above the camp.
9. VitalyzdTv Vitaly’s been arrested multiple times on
camera. One of his first offenses came in 2014 when
he rushed onto the pitch during the 2014 World Cup Final between Argentina and Germany and
tried to kiss a German player.
Just this year, in what most consider his biggest stunt, Vitaly was caught after climbing
the iconic Hollywood sign and waving a banner that read “I’m Back.”
He was arrested once again and charged with trespassing but clearly, his time spent in
jail hasn’t been enough for him.
Just a month later, he came up with the brilliant idea to rush onto the
court of the NBA Finals with the phrase “Trump Sucks” written across his bare chest.
At this point, it’s safe to assume that this won’t be the last we’ll be hearing
of Vitaly’s illegal actions.
10. Sam Pepper
The Youtube community’s has been desperately hoping that Sam would be jailed for all the
horrible rape and harassment allegations made against him but he actually went to prison
for a really petty crime. Sam spoke of why he went to jail in a video
earlier this year talking about his experience being locked up. According to Sam, he was
exploring an old abandoned school building along with his friends while on a trip in
Pittsburgh. Police were arrived shortly after a good citizen spotted them and decided to
report the incident. When they were discovered, the boys were immediately arrested for breaking
and entering. Turns out, Pennsylvania’s got some pretty
harsh trespassing laws so they ended up spending 3 days in jail and charged with criminal conspiracy
as well as trespassing. 11. Steven Fernandez
This teen Youtuber who was known for his skateboarding and ‘picking up girls’ videos, had gained
quite a following at 700,000 subscribers. It came as a shock to his fans when the 15-year-old
was arrested after being accused of using his fame to sexually exploit a 12-year-old
girl. According to the allegations, Steven would meet young girls and promise to introduce
them to A-list celebrities in exchange for sex acts on not only himself but also his
22-year-old manager and another 27-year-old man he worked with.
12. Ruslan Sokolovsky
Ruslan was arrested for simply playing Pokemon Go in the wrong place.
The 21-year-old, who has over 300,000 subscribers on YouTube, had previously made videos criticising
the Russian church. But he took it to the next level when he entered one, knowing that
playing Pokemon Go was declared illegal on holy grounds.
In the video, Ruslan is heard defending his rebellious beliefs
After his video was published on Youtube, it was quickly picked up by the Russian media
which lead to his arrest.
If convicted, Ruslan could up to 5 years in prison.
13. Matthew Cordle
You may remember Matthew as the man who made international headlines after confessing to
kill a man on YouTube. On a night of heavy drinking, the 22-year-old caused a fatal car
crash that resulted in the death of 61-year-old Vincent Canzani. Matthew survived the accident
with a few cracks and did get away with the murder for several months.
3 months after the crash, Matthew made this video admitting to what had happened.
The video would serve as his confession for the murder, taking full responsibility for
what he had done. He was arrested shortly after the video went viral and eventually
got a reduced sentenced of 6 and a half years for confessing the truth.
14. Steve-O
Former Jackass star Steve-O was arrested in 2015 after climbing a crane in a protest
against SeaWorld.
The daredevil scrambled up a crane in Hollywood, inflating a large killer whale balloon emblazoned
and detonated fireworks as he reached the top.
His stunt led to five ambulances, a helicopter and more than 80 firefighters being sent to
the scene.
He was charged with creating a false emergency, vandalism and several fireworks violations
and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
15. Callum McSwiggan
Just last summer, Calum posted a photo of himself on Instagram claiming that he was
attacked outside a gay bar in West Hollywood.
His story was that he suffered three broken teeth and needed stitches on his head after
being beaten up outside the club.
Well, authorities had a very different story to what Callum was claiming. Reports show
that Callum himself was arrested after getting caught vandalizing a car.
As seen in the mugshots, Callum had no visible injuries up until his arrest.
In fact, police witnessed Callum injuring himself during his time in the cell and was
taken to a near hospital for the injury. This is where he subsequently uploaded an Instagram
post alleging the fake attack.
He was charged with filing a false police report and accused of faking the crime.
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