I think this was kinda ridiculous.

Seems like the cops lied about Ozzy having a pre-show party in Fargo.... the cops invited 500 people with warrants... the point of this was to arrest as many as possible.

And of course, Ozzy was not there... didn't know about the cops using his name to promote their sting.

This article at the bottom of this post has Ozzy saying he's upset. And I don't blame him at all. The cops should conduct their investigations and arrest procedures without misrepresenting people to arrest a few people.

They say in the article He said mentioning Osbourne's name in the invitations was no different than a bar advertising a Super Bowl party by mentioning the teams playing in the game.

That's just not true. The bar doesn't misrepresent their advertising by actually showing the game...

I think in this case, the police out there in Fargo may have broken some privacy laws to attain their goal.

This is "shabby work" at best. If they had at least asked some people in Ozzy's camp if they could use his name in this "setup".... then it wouldn't be to bad at all.

The deception using an innocent 3rd party like Ozzy without his knowledge is wrong.

(Associated Press article on Yahoo)