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Lindsey Buckingham on October 27, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images The woman charged with stalking and assaulting Fleetwood Mac’s former guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has been arrested in Indiana, online jail records confirm.
Michelle Dick, who had been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from the musician due to an alleged pattern of stalking, was booked into custody in Allen County on Saturday and is now awaiting extradition to Los Angeles County, the jail records state.
Courtesy of Allen County Sheriff As Rolling Stone first reported, Los Angeles prosecutors have charged the 55-year-old with seven criminal counts after she allegedly hurled an unidentified substance at Buckingham in Santa Monica on March 25, despite the restraining order barring contact. The felony complaint, first filed April 6, alleges Dick stalked Buckingham between late 2021 and March 25 of this year. The charges include felony counts of making criminal threats, assault with a deadly weapon involving a motor vehicle on March 19, and vandalizing Buckingham’s Mercedes-Benz S450 the same day.
Dick further faces a separate felony count of making a criminal threat tied to the alleged incident, along with a misdemeanor battery charge. Prosecutors claim Dick also stalked a second victim, identified as Stephanie N., placing her in reasonable fear for her safety. The judge who issued Dick’s arrest warrant in Los Angeles said her local bail would be $300,000.
Dick started making headlines earlier this month when reports surfaced that a woman had tracked Buckingham to a Santa Monica location and threw a substance at him before fleeing. A law enforcement source said it was unclear if the substance was caustic. Buckingham was not injured.
Buckingham sought a restraining order against Dick in November 2024, alleging years of harassment and linking Dick to a “swatting” incident that month. According to court filings, Dick allegedly called 911 and falsely reported that Buckingham’s son was suicidal and that gunshots had been fired at his Brentwood home, prompting a large police response.
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“When I answered the door, I was handcuffed and asked to step outside,” Buckingham wrote in a statement to the court obtained by Rolling Stone. “After 20 minutes of the police searching my house … I was let back into my house, shaken and fearful.”
An LAPD detective later contacted Dick using the same number and said she admitted making the call, court filings state. Buckingham alleged the harassment began in 2021 with repeated phone calls, threats, and delusional claims that he was Dick’s father. He also accused Dick of targeting his family and showing up outside his homes in Los Angeles.
A judge granted the restraining order in December 2024, requiring Dick to stay away from Buckingham, his wife, and his son for five years. She also was ordered to keep her distance from their homes and vehicles.
Buckingham told the court that Dick allegedly parked her car outside one of the homes he shares with his wife in 2024. Police followed Dick from the address and later stopped and questioned her, capturing the exchange on a body-worn camera, the filings say.
“She began rambling about me being her father and suffocating her as a child,” Buckingham wrote. He said subsequent threats on Instagram were directed at his wife. “This incident terrified my wife as she feared for her safety. Given that Ms. Dick also knows my home address, I am terrified as well,” he wrote. (A rep for Buckingham did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.)
