This day in 1994: Grace Slick pleaded guilty to pointing a shotgun at police in her California home.

On March 5, 1994, officers were called to Slick’s Marin County home after an “apparently intoxicated man” phoned police to complain that “a drunken woman was firing a shotgun in the house.” The caller, 58-year-old Ira Lee, greeted law enforcement by shouting “Kill me!,” at which point he was forcibly subdued.

Officers then had to contend with Slick, who was accused of pointing a shotgun at them and ordering them to leave her property. According to the police report, there was a brief standoff, after which “Officer Bob Rossi was able to wrestle the gun away from her when her attention was diverted.” Slick was then arrested and booked for felony assault and felony brandishing a weapon at a police officer.

Slick, who later laughed “Of course” when asked if she was drunk at the time of the incident, told the San Francisco Chronicle, “They said, ‘Put the shotgun down, Grace.’ I told them, ‘Not until I know what’s going on.’ So one of them did a body roll and knocked me down. It was a good move.”

It proved one in a series of alcohol-related headaches that ultimately prompted her to quit drinking. “I can’t drink anymore because I’m so bad at it,” she admitted during her Chronicle interview. “If I had continued I’d be dead by now. There isn’t any other drug that can turn you into an ass in just three hours. I love it. It’s fabulous. But I just can’t do it.”

At the end of April, Slick appeared before a judge and pleaded guilty to one count of brandishing a shotgun, part of a deal that found her agreeing to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, perform 200 hours of community service, submit to random drug testing, and abstain from alcohol.

Source: UltimateClassicRock.com