Editing Eek-A-Mouse (section)

===Legal issues===
[[File:Eek-A-Mouse 1 in concert Belgium Leuven Het Depot May 7 2019 01.jpg|thumb|200 px|right|Eek-A-Mouse performing in 2019]]
[[File:Eek-A-Mouse (Swea reggae festival 2006).jpg|thumb|200 px|right|Eek-A-Mouse performing in 2006]]
On 16 August 2008, Eek-a-Mouse was arrested on charges of rape and narcotics possession in [[Dare County, North Carolina]] after a performance at the Port O'Call restaurant. Having fled the US, he failed to appear at his first hearing, so the court issued an "order to arrest".<ref name="OB">{{cite news |last1=Lay |first1=Russ |title=Details emerge in singer Eek-A-Mouse’s plea deal |url=https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2013/08/04/details-emerge-in-singer-eek-a-mouses-plea-deal/#:~:text=“Eek-A-Mouse”,a%20public%20place”%20in%202000. |access-date=15 April 2024 |publisher=The Outer Banks Voice |date=4 August 2013}}</ref> with a US$1 million bond issued.<ref name="kdhnc1">{{cite web |url= http://www.kdhnc.com/documents/12/CrimeBlotter_201211301439057852.pdf |title=Crime Blotter 201211301439057852 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130729185319/http://www.kdhnc.com/documents/12/CrimeBlotter_201211301439057852.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2013 |access-date= 2013-03-20}}</ref> He was discovered to be in the [[Netherlands]] in 2010, but was unable to travel due to either an expired visa or the [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|volcanos in Iceland]].<ref name="OB"/>

On 21 November 2012, Eek-a-Mouse was found in [[Paraguay]] without a proper visa and was eventually extradited to the US.<ref name="kdhnc1"/> He was  charged with felony rape, felony kidnapping, felony cocaine charges and misdemeanor relating to possession of marijuana.<ref name="Free">{{Cite web |date=30 August 2013 |title=Eek-A-Mouse is a free man |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Eek-A-Mouse-is-a-free-man_14970312/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903032446/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Eek-A-Mouse-is-a-free-man_14970312/ |archive-date=3 September 2013 |access-date=31 August 2013 |website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref> In July 2013 he was released after a plea agreement, having pleaded [[no contest]] to misdemeanor charges for assault on a female and attempted [[crime against nature]], with his time already spent in jail covering his sentence.<ref name="Free" /> He was deported to [[Jamaica]].<ref name="OB"/>