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Article: REMEMBERING COURTNEY; What Kind of Bird Don't Sing? A Very Special Courtney Love Police Beat
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- The Stranger
- Article date:
- November 26, 2003
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Criminal Teen/West Coast/1977-1984: The teen years of Courtney Love are invariably described as troubled, with frequent encounters with the police and other state agencies. She was "a bit of a wild child who occasionally got in trouble with the law," reports Rolling Stone's website; she spent "years in juvenile detention," reports Elle. Elsewhere, she is said to have been arrested for stealing a KISS T-shirt, stolen jewelry from friends, gotten involved in fights with neighbors and boyfriends, and been a general menace to society. Indeed, the story of her formative period is the sort that either concludes in a prison cell or with a record deal.
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