Darren Stephens arrested in Chicago (not Darrin Stephens or the other Darren Stephens)

Why is there a sudden surge of interest in Darren Stephens today? After all, both Dick York and Dick Sargent passed away back in the ’90s, so it’s unlikely that the Bewitched stars are making big news.

It’s not either Darrin Stephens, as it turns out.

It’s Darren (with an “e”) Stephens who is the subject of of a Chicago Sun-Times story today, headlined “Asst. principal and Blue Man Group actor arrested”:

A Blue Man Group actor and the assistant principal of Maine East High School were arrested at a park along the lakefront on the North Side and charged with public indecency Monday night, police said.

TMZ.com has since picked up the story, titling it “Cops: Blue Man Tried to Do Man in Public.”

Update:

That Sun-Times story has now been revised to add a correction:

Contrary to a previous report, Stephens “is not and never was” a member of the Blue Man Group, according to Chicago Blue Man Group spokesman Nick Harkin.

TMZ.com has posted a correction as well:

We called the police again, and they say they have not conducted a background check on Stephens, and that “people lie on arrest reports all the time.”

Okay? Move along. Nothing to see here.

And stop looking at the end of that “Gum balls & Marshmallows” clip.

Update, 1/1/2009:

Please also note the comment from Darren Stephens below asserting that there is more than one Chicago actor named Darren Stephens.

Geez — this little episode has become just as tangled as a typical installment of Bewitched!