Boys Like Girls Drummer Arrested

According to Massachusetts newspaper The Sun Chronicle, Boys Like Girls drummer John Keefe was charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle last Friday outside his Mansfield condominium following a dispute with a neighbor over the noise of a carpet cleaning van parked outside the downtown building.

Police were told Keefe opened the door of the van several times and turned the keys off to stop the carpet cleaning equipment, which was being powered by a compressor while the van idled.

Keefe reportedly told responding officers that he was up late into the previous night writing music and was trying to sleep before the police were called around 11 a.m. He admitted to reaching inside the open van window and turning the ignition.

He pleaded innocent and was released from Attleboro District Court without bail. His lawyers declined comment. Keefe is due back in court in December for a pretrial hearing. Boys Like Girls are still scheduled to tour the U.K. in November.