Pop singer Aaron Carter took to Twitter following his arrest, stating he was targeted for being a celebrity.
The singer was arrested after another motorist called 911 to report that the musician was “driving all over the road” on a Georgia highway, sheriff’s officials said Monday.
While being questioned, Carter was unable to maintain his balance, and his eyes were “blood shot and watery with a glazed look to them,” Habersham County sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Holcomb wrote in his report.
Carter said on Twitter that he believes his “celebrity was targeted” during his weekend arrest in the northeast Georgia mountains on charges of driving under the influence and drug offences.
The 29-year-old singer was released on bail on Sunday. He’s accused of driving under the influence, possession of marijuana, and having drug-related objects, according to jail reports.
In a statement tweeted on Sunday, Carter says he has a license for medical marijuana for his “long standing anxiety.”
Canup said that after the 911 call was made, a deputy spotted Carter behind the wheel as he turned into a local auto parts store. The deputy then watched as Carter, wearing a white fishnet tank top and black shorts, got out of the driver’s seat of the white Chevy Suburban and walked toward the store entrance. Carter’s girlfriend, Madison Ann Parker, 26, also was arrested with Carter on Saturday, She was charged with obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers, possession of marijuana and possession of drug-related objects, jail records show.
After the marijuana was found, Holcomb asked Carter and his girlfriend who it belonged to and “they both stated it belonged to the other,” the deputy wrote in his report.
Carter failed field sobriety tests, and refused to provide blood or urine samples, the deputies said.
Carter was a contestant on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars in 2009. His older brother, Nick Carter, is a member of the Backstreet Boys.
