Village People Singer To Be Featured On 'America's Most Wanted'

SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA - A man who helped make famous the songs "YMCA" and "In the Navy" is still scheduled to be featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted," after failing to surrender in a San Mateo County courtroom today, according to San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Victor Willis, 54, the original policeman from the musical group the Village People, was scheduled to turn himself in today after a $200,000 warrant for his arrest was issued on Oct. 20.
Willis's new defense attorney Dean Johnson indicated Willis would appear in court today, although he failed to do so, Wagstaffe said.
Even though Willis wasn't in court, a crew from the criminal-busting TV show "America's Most Wanted," which has taped a segment on Willis and is expected to air sometime during the second week of February, came to court today, Wagstaffe said.
Willis was pulled over around 11 p.m. on July 11 in Daly City for an unspecified traffic violation in the area of Bayshore Boulevard and Geneva Avenue, according to police reports.
After being stopped, Willis was found to be in possession of 3.23 grams of cocaine and a loaded .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, according to the district attorney's office.
When questioned by officers, Willis reportedly gave a false name -- his brother's -- and had a fake license, the district attorney's office reported.
On Oct. 19 Willis reportedly left a phone message with his former attorney Kenneth Quigley informing him he would not be present at his Oct. 20 sentencing because of some needed dental work.
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Mark Forcum issued a $200,000 bench warrant for Willis, who was out of custody on his own recognizance at the time.
Willis previously accepted a plea bargain with a maximum 16-month term in state prison, and enrollment in a drug and alcohol treatment program, according to Wagstaffe.
Willis, whose probation report is "quite negative,'' according to Forcum, is also charged with violating his probation from a 2003 incident in which he was found in possession of 4 grams of cocaine.
According to the America's Most Wanted Web site, "Willis was convicted in 1990 of drug possession and was acquitted of rape in 1993."
from SF Gate