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Rick Springfield was arrested on suspicion of DUI and booked in a nearby jail in Los Angeles.Rick Springfield, who shot to fame in the '80s with his hit song "Jessie's Girl," was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk in Los Angeles Sunday night, TMZ.com reports.
The 61-year-old singer was pulled over by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers for a traffic violation, according to the gossip site. Cops smelled alcohol when they approached his vehicle and administered several field sobriety tests, which the singer reportedly performed poorly.
Springfield was then arrested on suspicion of DUI and booked in a nearby jail. He was later released on $5,000 bail.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Springfields blood alcohol content measured at .10 and .08. The legal limit in California is .08.
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The arrest follows nearly 40-years of hardship for the rocker.
In his memoir, "Late, Late at Night," released last fall, Springfield admitted to having attempted suicide during his struggle with depression at the age of 17.
"I made a noose and went out to the garden shed and put it -- tied it around a rafter and stood on this [chair] ... and kicked it away," he told "Good Morning America" at the time.
He said that when he fell to the ground unharmed, he had a revelation that his purpose in life was music.
"It changed my life," he said. "I felt like I had a purpose. I felt like I was here for a reason."
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