Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney Will Serve Jail Time For DUI

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

June 3rd, 2022 11:54 AM

Former Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney will spend two days in a Nashville area jail after pleading guilty to DUI in September 2021.

The Tennessean reports that Rooney’s remaining sentence of 11 months, 27 days was suspended. Rooney will also lose his driver’s license. He will be eligible to apply for a restricted driver’s license for a vehicle with a built-in breathalyzer device.

Rooney, then 45, was arrested during the early morning of September 9, 2021, after a vehicle crash near Fieldstone Park, just north of Franklin.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s office reported Rooney, who lived in Nashville, crashed into a tree.

His suspended sentence will require him to report for jail time on June 8 by 3 p.m. He will also be required to complete a DUI training.

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  Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus, and Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts attend the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts perform with Arnel Pineda of Journey onstage at the 2012 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts attend the 8th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium on September 9, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for ACM)
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  Joe Don Rooney (L), Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts accept Winner of Country - Favorite Band, Duo or Group Award onstage at the 2009 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

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  Rascal Flatts arrives at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002. Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images

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  Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney of Rascall Flatts attend Rascal Flatts CHANGED One-Night-Only Movie Theater Event at AMC Empire 25 theater on April 5, 2012 in New York City.
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  Rascal Flatts backstage at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002.

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  Rascal Flatts Grand Ole Opry Induction Pete Fisher, VP & General Manager Grand Ole Opry, Opry Legend Little Jimmy Dickens with Rascal Flatts, Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus at The Grand Ole Opry on October 8, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney of the band Rascal Flatts speak onstage during the People's Choice Awards 2010 held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
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  Members of the country band Rascal Flatts (L-R) Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney arrives at the 41st Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 23, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Music City Hall of Fame members, Joe Don Rooney & Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, Kris Kristofferson, Rodney Crowell with Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts backstage at the 2010 Nashville Music City Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony at Walk of Fame Park on November 7, 2010 in Nashville City.

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  (L-R) Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox, and Jay DeMarcus of the band Rascal Flatts pose for photos backstage during the Frosted Pink Presented by sanofi-aventis and Wachovia Putting Women's Cancer on Ice at the Barker Hangar on October 6, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.
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  Musician Joe Don Rooney (L), Gary LeVox (R) of Rascal Flatts and musician Justin Bieber (C) accept Collaborative Video of the Year award on stage at the 2011 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 8, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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