Post by lovethefigs on Jul 24, 2007 10:15:11 GMT -5
ralpho316 said:
BEVERLY HILLS, California — Fresh-out-of-rehab starlet Lindsay Lohan was busted on DUI charges early Tuesday for the second time in a matter of months — and cops said they found cocaine in one of her pants pockets.
Lohan, 21, was booked on two misdemeanor charges of suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license and two felony charges of possession of cocaine and transport of a narcotic, said Sgt. Shane Talbot.
She was then released on $25,000 bail.
Lohan was pulled over near the Santa Monica Police Department after authorities spotted her car chasing another vehicle, Talbot said.
Authorities conducted a field sobriety test and then took Lohan to the police department. Lohan's blood alcohol level was between .12 and .13, well over the .08 legal limit in California, cops said.
Police said they received a call around 1:30 a.m. from passengers in a black Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle who said they were being chased by a white Denali SUV. Police met up with the SUVs in the parking lot of Santa Monica's Civic Center, about a block away from the police department.
When police approached the Denali, they recognized Lohan as the driver. The passengers in the other vehicle apparently know Lohan, but did not realize she was chasing them.
Lohan had two passengers in her vehicle. There were three people in the other vehicle, police said.
Police told FOX News that Lohan was chasing car driven by a woman. The woman was afraid and tried to drive toward the police department, got to within a block, pulled the car into a parking lot and called the police.
When police arrived at the scene, they found Lohan and the woman engaged in a "heated argument" and believed Lohan was under the influence. Lohan resisted a field sobriety test, cops searched her and found cocaine.
Lohan checked out of a Malibu rehab center on July 13 after a stay of more than six weeks. She has been wearing an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet, going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and receiving therapy ever since.
The "Mean Girls" star, who turned 21 on July 2, checked into the swank facility after a wild Memorial Day weekend during which she crashed her Mercedes-Benz into a curb, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and was photographed slumped in the passenger seat of a friend's car.
Last Thursday, Lohan turned herself in to police to be booked on suspicion of driving under the influence during the Memorial Day weekend car crash, police said.
Accompanied by her attorney, Lohan surrendered herself at the Beverly Hills Police Department to be fingerprinted and photographed, Officer Brian Ballieweg said.
She was booked on suspicion of a DUI with a blood alcohol level above .08, California's legal limit, and on suspicion of misdemeanor hit and run, Ballieweg said.
After the Memorial Day incident, police said she had been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, though she wasn't formally booked on the allegation until Thursday.
The actress was released on her own recognizance. A court date was scheduled for Aug. 24.
Lohan first checked into rehab for substance abuse treatment in January. Earlier this month, her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, said the star was "doing great."
"Lindsay is working hard on her sobriety and we are all supporting her."