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Unfortunately for Rob Van Dam, Ohio state trooper J.N. Baker is not a wrestling fan.

Trooper Baker pulled over the WWE star on July 2 for going 72 in a 55-mile-per-hour zone. Unfortunately for Van Dam -- whose real name is Robert Alex Szatowski -- Baker and his partner also smelled pot in the car, and slapped the wrestler with a misdemeanor citation for possessing marijuana and vicodin. Terry Michael Brunk, who goes by the wrestling name Sabu, was in the passenger seat of the car and also was cited. Brunk, who was wearing a cap picturing a marijuana leaf, admitted on the police tape that he had smoked dope before getting into the car.

When Van Dam tried to explain to the officer that he was on his way to a gig, the officer admitted "I don't follow wrestling." Later, Baker looked inside the driver's window and asked, "You always drive with your shirt off?"

Related documents
Robert Alex Szatowski court documents
Terry Michael Brunk court documents

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46. just take a look at hulk hogan ,that will answer your question real heroes

Posted at 12:29PM on Jul 26th 2006 by steven

47. TROY your comment was that of an idiot..When someone robs your house and puts a gun to your head don't you dare call the f*cking cops to save your ass.

I have cops in my family and they have saved many life's

Posted at 12:32PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Chrissy

48. RVD and Sabu are pathetic to even doing that stuff, never the less having it in the car and being careless. I dont care if you are Ric Flair, Kane, Jim Ross, or Steven Richards, or Shane McMahon...when you work for a public organization/ company you are always being looked at. You effect the entire company by your actions and they dont help the name or brand of WWE at all by being so careless and stupid. They are not in hishschool and not juniors in college, they are grown men doing stupid "High School" stuff. RVD and Sabu looked and acted high all the time and its no secret they did it to many fans anyway. RVD and Sabu should have been kicked out off the WWE brand entirely because it just makes critics of wrestling feel justified to continue to bash it. I been a fan for many years and so many wrestlers pass away becuase of this stuff...Miss Elizabeth, Curt Henning, Brian Pillman, British Bulldog, Rick Rude, and the list goes on...enough is enough. These guys need to get with it and Vince needs to stop being so slap on the risk we have a show and must get the ratings so do your do and I need you back asap...bull...get rid of the waste and bring up the guys who know and want to do something positive with the chance...not smoke it up!

Posted at 1:05PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Takerman

49. Thank you Bill Brannon. At least someone agrees with me that wrestling is'nt what it use to be.

Posted at 1:09PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Peggy

50. I am shocked, just to see that Sabu : the former old ECW World Heavyweight Champion, XPW World Heavyweight Champion and 2 time ECW World Tag Team Champion (with Taz and RVD) get arrested for using marajuana in RVD's car . But as for Rob Van Dam : the former old ECW World Televison, and World Tag Team Champion (with Sabu), he had to stoop too low for speeding too fast while Sabu was hooked on drugs. If greedy wrestling superstars sold out to the devil himself (Vince Mc Mahon), and hell itself (WWE), worse things can happen to them just like it did for ROB VAN DAM and SABU. I also want to add my opinion that SABU had let his late uncle (the SHIEK), NWA-TNA, and his fans down. Rhino is right about the new ECW is heading nowhere(hell),and his heart is in TNA(HEAVEN). Rhino, Shane Douglas, Simon Diamond, Raven, and Team 3D, you're definitely my wrestling heroes, and you show these phonies what wrestling is about.

Posted at 1:24PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Kevin

51. We will smoke one up for ya man To: R.V.D and The P.O.T Smoke on!

Posted at 2:05PM on Jul 26th 2006 by WorldWrestlingReport.com

52. RVD looks blazed in that pic at the top of the page. Hahahaha He's like that all the time anyway. Remember the first episode of ECW? "I like this title too, it spins heh heh heh" LMAO Oh well. It's not like it was a big secret Sabu and RVD are stoners. Paul Heyman said he was smoking a joint with Van Dam at last years One Night Stand. But it's the law. It's not illegal, unless you get caught. They gte punised for a little weed, but Scott Steiner can take enough steroids to trank a horse? WTF?! Just come back, wrestle, get the titles back, and only puff on the lovely at home ;).

Posted at 2:21PM on Jul 26th 2006 by x_Juggalo Blood_x

53. All I can say is Rob Van Dam he got busted and Sa-boo hoo hoo!
ECW - Entertaining Cannabis World

Posted at 3:19PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Jeff

54. Needs to be settled in a steel cage match! UURRGGGGGG!

Posted at 3:53PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Bazooka Joe

55. what a surprise these guys on drugs they all do some sort.

Posted at 3:55PM on Jul 26th 2006 by e j luke

56. Now the speeding part i cant condone, as far as the smoking pot thing, who cares, they are about 2 of the 2.5 million americans that smoke canabis each year.

Posted at 4:19PM on Jul 26th 2006 by John

57. Man, I think people who want to bash Vince and say, "now that he is running it" should realize, Vince built wrestling to what it is, and what it was. He has alwasy ran things, since he took over the company. I think these two guys made bad decisions, and are paying the price, end of story. Wrestlers like John Cena, The Rock, and Hulk Hogan wouldn't get caught doing this because its not what they do, they all have other endeavors that take up all their time. These two guys have nothing but wrestling, and they started in the most shady organization of them all ECW, now I love ECW, but it was a Bingo Hall, they broke bones nightly, probably got high right before shows too, but now its the big leagues, and they need to step it up, and take care of their problems. Nuff said, Hulk Hogan, that was a real HERO....

Posted at 5:09PM on Jul 26th 2006 by Mike

58. they are not any better than anyone esle picked up for drugs maybe thee people need to strat learning they are real people too

Posted at 5:12PM on Jul 26th 2006 by j baker

59. Come on, I'm sorry I even took the time to read this let alone read some lame oh comments. Really, who cares?

Posted at 6:43PM on Jul 26th 2006 by David

60. I REALLY DON'T CONDONE SMOKING POT BUT YOU MUST LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE HERE. ROD VAN DAM NEVER HID THE FACT HE SMOKED POT.....
AND AS FOR SABU THAT GUY MUST BE ON SOMETHING AFTER ALL THE CRAZY THING'S HE HAS BEEN DOING IN WRESTLING THIS GUY REALLY NEED THE PUSH FROM SOME TYPE OF DRUG LEGAL OR ILLEGAL........
AND IN CLOSING I REALLY HOPE THEY HAVE LEARNED THERE LESSON FROM THIS. AND AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL THEY GET TO THE HOTEL OR BETTER YET GET A DRIVER DUMMIES.........................

Posted at 7:51PM on Jul 26th 2006 by JAMILLAH

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