Editing Charles Manson (section)

=== Subsequent arrests ===
Supervised by his ostensible parole officer Roger Smith, Manson grew his family through drug use and prostitution<ref name="Smith, p. 260"/> without interference from the authorities. Manson was arrested on July 31, 1967, for attempting to prevent the arrest of one of his followers, [[Ruth Ann Moorehouse]]. Instead of Manson being sent back to prison, the charge was reduced to a [[misdemeanor]] and Manson was given three additional years of probation.<ref name="O'Neill, p. 242">{{harvnb|O'Neill|2019|p=242}}</ref> He avoided prosecution again in July 1968, when he and the family were arrested while moving to Los Angeles,<ref>{{harvnb|O'Neill|2019|p=244}}</ref> when his bus crashed into a ditch; Manson and members of his family, including Brunner and Manson's new-born baby, were found sleeping naked by police.<ref>{{harvnb|O'Neill|2019|p=246}}</ref> Afterwards, he was again arrested and released only a few days later, this time on a drug charge.<ref>{{harvnb|O'Neill|2019|p=248}}</ref><ref name="O'Neill, p. 242"/>