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Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

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Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

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MURFREESBORO — A former KISS guitarist was charged with one count of aggravated assault on Saturday in connection with an incident involving his wife.

When officers went to the guitarist’s home to make an arrest, they found four sealed containers with dead dogs inside, according to a sheriff's incident report.

A booking officer at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center confirmed Vinnie Vincent, whose real name is Vincent John Cusano, was charged with one count of aggravated assault on Saturday.

Cusano was lead guitarist for the rock band KISS between 1982 and 1984 and replaced original band member Ace Frehley.

Diane Cusano, Vincent Cusano’s wife, showed up at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Saturday covered in blood and reportedly intoxicated, according to the RCSO incident report.

Authorities immediately called an ambulance to transport Cusano to Middle Tennessee Medical Center here in Murfreesboro.

Cusano explained she had been in an argument with her husband over a woman he had been talking to, the report reads.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

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When officers went to the guitarist’s home to make an arrest, they found four sealed containers with dead dogs inside, according to a sheriff's incident report.
Whoa...talk about burying the lede.
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I guess he got mad when his wife refused to lick it up.
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The chances of him beating this rap are a million to one.
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His sentence will be something like 100,000 Years?
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Who knew he was such a destroyer?
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When he gets out of prison, he will produce a soup can shaped Deuce.
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Local news to me!
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I did a Rutherford county property search for "Cusano", and it seems that two properties are listed in his wife's name. I'm up in Nashville; maybe we should cruise by these places blasting some Kiss.


PARCELNB ADDRESS1 NAME1 LOT STREETNO STREETDIR STREETNAME STREETSUF ACCOUNTNO
Select 073E A 02000 612 FORREST VIEW DR CUSANO DIANE 84 612 FORREST VIEW DR R0043392
Select 073E A 01900 101 WOODLAND TR CUSANO DIANE E 83 101 WOODLAND TRL R0043391

ETA: After looking at Google Maps, these are next to each other on a corner.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

Vinnie is such a winner.

Stories came out years ago about how he sold a fan a guitar he claimed was one of his favorites that he had used on stage, but that he had just bought it cheap and sold it to the kid for a ton of money.

He also reportedly took orders for a cassette box set that would feature a bunch of demos and unreleased tracks, never shipped the set, but kept the money anyway.

He's attempted to sue Gene and Paul multiple times and lost badly each time.

This latest incident doesn't surprise me.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

Right down the road from me.(Boyz are gonna Rock)
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A couple of years ago, I heard that Mark Slaughter lives here and does bookings for The Wildhorse Saloon. Perhaps he "took care" of his former bandmate's dogs...
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

Originally Posted by Imprint
I did a Rutherford county property search for "Cusano", and it seems that two properties are listed in his wife's name. I'm up in Nashville; maybe we should cruise by these places blasting some Kiss.


PARCELNB ADDRESS1 NAME1 LOT STREETNO STREETDIR STREETNAME STREETSUF ACCOUNTNO
Select 073E A 02000 612 FORREST VIEW DR CUSANO DIANE 84 612 FORREST VIEW DR R0043392
Select 073E A 01900 101 WOODLAND TR CUSANO DIANE E 83 101 WOODLAND TRL R0043391

ETA: After looking at Google Maps, these are next to each other on a corner.
Those addresses are for two houses next to each other.

<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=101+Woodland+Trail,+Smyrna,+TN&aq=0&sll=35.899137,-86.568452&sspn=0.001782,0.002878&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=101+Woodland+Trail,+Smyrna,+Tennessee+37167 &ll=35.899152,-86.568556&spn=0.003563,0.0078&t=h&z=14&output=embed"></iframe>
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Pic my friend took

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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

They all keep messing up. Who will my son look up to? I mean, what will we do in a world without heroes?
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I think she got off lightly, as the Sheriff's report states he was dressed to kill.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

The Vinnie Vincent Invasion has taken a weird turn.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

Originally Posted by DRG
The Vinnie Vincent Invasion has taken a weird turn.
<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gZC2LiVhehg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

Bah... make VV-era/VV-involved Kiss puns!! What you guys are doing is absolutely unholy!
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

and on the Eight Day .. God created this douchebag.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

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Bah... make VV-era/VV-involved Kiss puns!! What you guys are doing is absolutely unholy!
That's why I chose to withhold a "Burn Bitch Burn" comment.
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pKeMeNjofU8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Re: Former KISS Guitarist, Vinnie Vincent, Charged with Aggravated Assault

Originally Posted by DRG
The Vinnie Vincent Invasion has taken a weird turn.
If you want weird, download Speeball Jamm from amazon. 99 cents for a 71 minute guitar solo. Sounds like it was recorded on a dictaphone. The word "speedball" in the title should tell you all you need to know about this one.

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