Austin Lee Russell — the “Chumlee” on “Pawn Stars” facing drug and gun charges in Las Vegas — has a fan base. You know it’s serious when a meme generator says: Free Chumlee. And #FreeChumlee becomes a thang.
Police detectives found a locked floor vault while searching Russell’s master bedroom last week in connection with a sexual assault allegation.
As the Las Vegas Sun reported: “Inside the vault, police found about four ounces of marijuana, a dozen guns, methamphetamine and Xanax prescription pills, the report said. Russell was hesitant to open the vault and told detectives he wasn’t a drug dealer but smoked ‘a lot of weed’ and bought it in bulk, police said. He requested ‘leniency for his cooperation in opening the vault, police said.
A search also revealed a “Chum Chum room with dance pole,” netted detectives drug paraphernalia such as rolling papers, baggies and a pair of scales, according to police.