Songwriter Hugh Prestwood Arrested

[TexasStooge]

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) - Country music songwriter Hugh Prestwood was arrested after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on luggage at Long Island MacArthur Airport, police said.

Prestwood, 61, who lives in Greenport, was on his way to Nashville on Friday when a screener spotted the .38-caliber revolver, Suffolk County police Sgt. Darrell Dabe said.

Authorities also found two medicines that Prestwood had without prescriptions, Dabe said.

Prestwood was charged with one weapon possession count and two drug possession counts. A call to his home seeking comment during the weekend was not answered.

A staff songwriter for BMG music, Prestwood has written hits for country singers including Randy Travis and Crystal Gayle. He won a Prime Time Emmy for Trisha Yearwood's "The Song Remembers When" and has been nominated for three Grammys.

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Prestonwood: http://www.hughprestwood.com/

[GalvestonDuck]

Ironically, he wrote a song called "Can't Get Arrested."