SHORT TAKES : Drummer Arrested for Mooning

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Thomas Lee Bass, drummer for the rock band Motley Crue, was arrested for baring his bottom to the audience at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.

Bass, whose professional name is Tommie Lee, was charged with indecent exposure and performing a sexually explicit act after he allegedly dropped his pants with his back to an audience of 6,000. “There was about 30 more minutes left in the show, and we allowed them to continue to perform,” said Detective D. N. Bourbo, who made the arrest Sunday.

Bass was booked, then freed in lieu of $1,680 cash bond, Bourbo said.

The musician failed to make a court date today, thus forfeiting the bond money, court officials said. The band left Augusta in a private jet after Bass’s release.