Hoboken comedian Artie Lange arrested

HOBOKEN — According to the Essex County Sheriff’s Department led by Sheriff Armando Fontoura Hoboken resident and former Howard Stern regular Artie Lange was arrested on Tuesday Dec. 13 at 6:45 p.m. for failing to appear in Essex County Superior Court.
The court date was related to a May 12 arrest in which Lange was charged with possession heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
This follows a Saturday, Dec. 9 house call by police after the Hoboken Police Department received a call that something might be wrong, although when police arrived they found he was fine.
The call seemed to stem from the comedian’s early morning Twitter post in which Lange wrote, “Hey I got a quick message for u Ang. U ain’t the man. U run for the man. I fear nothing,” accompanied by a disheveled selfie.
Lange apologized later that morning on Twitter, stating, “Everything isn’t funny as the Great Hoboken Police just explained to me,” he tweeted shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday. “I’m so sorry I made those guys deal with unimportant crap. I’m fine. In a related issue how do u delete a tweet?”
He later tweeted “Hey guys I just got myself a shower & some quick cardio. Then I had to take another shower. But I’m back to bein Artie. That lucky kid from Jersey! As u can see I’m ok!”
Lange was arrested in March in the parking garage at his Hoboken condo complex for alleged possession of cocaine, heroin, and drug paraphernalia. Police said he allegedly had drugs both in his car and on his person.
The comedian has written about drug use before and was hospitalized in 2010 after apparently attempting to commit suicide in his condo at the Shipyard complex in Hoboken.