Selena Gomez's rumored boyfriend Justin Bieber detained at LAX Airport for criminal charges

It seems like almost every week Justin Bieber has some sort of run-in with the law or authorities. This time around the "All That Matters" crooner was detained at LAX today, April 25, after returning from a trip to Japan with his mother Pattie Mallette and some friends. Luckily he's been released, but it looked like the rumored boyfriend of Selena Gomez was looking at some customs charges for a while there!

Though this might have been a stressful event for some, Justin was allegedly "smiling and sticking his tongue out as he was greeted by a throng of photographers and fans at the airport," according to SplashNews.

"The scene was chaotic as he made his way through the crowd, flanked by his bodyguards, one of whom directed Justin by holding him by the scruff of his neck," the gossip site added.

This could have turned into a bad situation, but it looks like Justin was let off the hook after a while.

"The 2001 Patriot Act, signed by former President George Bush and extended by current President Barack Obama, gives custom officials the broad authority to flag travelers arriving from a foreign country when they have an active criminal case or a conviction," Los Angeles attorney Mychal Wilson told HollywoodLife. "Presumably, Justin Bieber is on the Homeland Security watch list due to the various pending criminal charges against him."

The attorney added: "Hopefully, Justin Bieber has been following and learning from fellow recording artist Chris Brown's legal troubles so that they both are not traveling on Con Air for their respective upcoming trials."

Cool tie-in to the Chris Brown controversy, Mychal!