Uncle Kracker arrested in North Carolina

Aug 17, 2007

Uncle Kracker, a former disc jockey for Kid Rock, was arrested early Friday on a second-degree sex offense charge, authorities said.
In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2007, provided by the County City Bureau of Investigation, Matthew Shafer, aka rock-country musician Uncle Kracker, is shown. Shafer was arrested early Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2007, on a charge of second-degree sex offense stemming from an incident at a nightclub, authorities said. Shafer was being held on a $5 million bond after being arrested at a hotel in suburban Cary, N.C., said Raleigh (N.C.) police spokesman Jim Sughrue. (AP Photo/County City Bureau of Investigation)
Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said a 26-year-old woman alleged that a man had committed a sexual act against her at the Ess Lounge, a downtown nightclub.

Kracker, 33, was arrested at a hotel in suburban Cary. He was being held at the Wake County Jail on a $5 million bond, Sughrue said.

Sughrue said police had obtained a warrant charging Kracker with second-degree forcible sex offense.

Kracker, whose real name is Matthew Shafer, was to appear in court Friday afternoon, said Wake County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Phyllis Stevens.

A message left with his listed agency in Nashville, Tenn., wasn't immediately returned, and a phone number for his listed management company in Harrison Township, Mich., was disconnected.

Kracker's hits include "When the Sun Goes Down," a duet with Kenny Chesney. The 33-year-old rock-country musician has also won acclaim for "Follow Me" and a cover version of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away."