Gym Class Heroes talks about arrest

Gym Class Heroes drummer Matt McGinley is glad to be released from the Mexican jail where he spent 32 hours since being apprehended on Monday (March 12th) on suspicion of breaking and entering. The incident occurred while he and his band were taking part in the mtvU spring-break events. According to news reports, McGinley attended a party in Cancun that the home's owners were unaware of. When the owners returned, McGinley and some other partiers were still there, but later it was discovered that some items were missing and they contacted police, who picked up McGinley.

In a statement, McGinley offers his account of the events, writing, "Basically, I partied a little too hard on Sunday night and, when I started to feel sick, left my band to walk back to the hotel... In my drunkenness, I staggered into what I thought was my hotel room and fell asleep in a chair. Several hours later, I awoke to a room full of screaming, 'Policia,' as I had accidentally wandered into some dude's condominium and passed out. They handed me off to jail, where I spent the following 32 hours in a complete, sweaty boredom for trespassing. It sucked. I'm flying back to the states tomorrow to meet back up with the band continue the Daryl Hall For President Tour."

Gym Class Heroes will perform as part of mtvU's 2006 Campus Invasion Music Festival with Dashboard Confessional, Augustana, K-os, Kidz in the Hall and Kenna, on April 29th at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia.
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