I remember Haggard telling the tale of his first arrest on the Johnny Carson Show decades ago. Merle and his buddy decided breaking into a bar would be a good idea. They waited until after their folks went to bed and headed to the bar with a sledgehammer, cold chisel, and crowbar intent on knocking a hole in the back wall.
They succeeded and found the bar packed full of people, most of them staring at the hole. Merle and his buddy, both around 14, didn't know bars stayed open that late. The folks in the bar had called the cops when they heard the hammering. The cops were waiting for the two young desperado's to finally punch through the wall to scoop 'em up.