Royal Crown Review frontman Eddie Nichols spent this past weekend locked up in an Ohio jail after being arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly assaulting an off-duty sheriff's deputy in Toledo, Ohio.

The altercation between Nichols and the officer occurred in a restaurant the band had stopped in after playing a show at the Citi Theater in Toledo. A spokesperson for Warner Bros., the Royal Crown's record label, claims that Nichols was prompted to act after he was hit by several spitballs hurled by the deputy.

Nichols was originally charged with a felony for attacking a police officer, but the charges were later reduced to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct after he spent the weekend in a Lucas County jail, which forced the band to cancel scheduled gigs in Ypsilanti, Michigan and Urbana, Illinois. A roadie for the band was also arrested on charges of obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest.

On Monday, the singer was in the process of being released

when he was arrested again on additional assault charges after another sheriff accused Nichols of striking him during the struggle. The singer was released yesterday evening on a $5,000 bond and charged with assault of a police officer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.

A new wrinkle to the arrest has been uncovered by a local paper, "The Toledo Blade," which on Tuesday morning reported that an internal investigation had been launched into the conduct of the off-duty officers involved in the melee.

The Royal Crown Revue is scheduled to resume its current tour with a concert tonight in Oberlin, Ohio, while a hearing on the case has been set for November 24.