Linsay Lohan arrested again

by grimgraphix Jul 24, 2007 5:36AM PDT

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Lindsay Lohan arrested again

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Lindsay Lohan arrested for drunken driving, possession of cocaine
Lohan stopped in Santa Monica, Calif., lot after chasing another vehicle
NEW: Attorney: Lohan "relapsed," "presently receiving medical care"
Lohan was released from rehab center two weeks ago

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Five days after being booked in connection with a May drunken driving charge, actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested early Tuesday morning on five charges -- including drunken driving and possession of a controlled substance, Santa Monica police told CNN.

Police spokeswoman Calisse Lindsey said police got a call at 1:34 a.m. PT that a vehicle was chasing another vehicle in a parking lot in Santa Monica. When officers arrived, they found Lohan driving the vehicle that was chasing the other, the spokeswoman said.

The officers smelled alcohol and administered a field sobriety test, which Lohan failed, Lindsey said.

When taken to the police station, the 21-year-old actress registered 0.12 and 0.13 in blood tests for alcohol levels, the spokeswoman said. In California, the legal limit is 0.08, according to the state's Department of Motor Vehicles.

Officers also found a white powdery substance in Lohan's possession which was determined to be cocaine, Lindsey said. Watch the report from the Santa Monica police

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charged with being drunk

by JP Bill Jul 24, 2007 6:03AM PDT

and

bringing controlled substance into a jail facility

Watched 'Cops" and they ask at the scene of arrest. ( usually after they say 'Slowly step out of the car , real quick now") I don't know how anyone can do that.

Do you have any controlled substances on your person?

Sometimes they ask if you have any grenades or rocket launchers on your person.

Plead guilty to being drunk and use the "I was drunk, Your Honour" defense, on the "bringing controlled substance into a jail facility"

They dragged me in, I didn't want to go.

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Well, it seems to keep up media interest in these celebs

by Steven Haninger Jul 24, 2007 7:23AM PDT

I'd have to wonder if being "bad" isn't sometimes done deliberately to keep their faces in the tabloids. Perhaps it's even coached...not that this incident is one of that type. This was dangerous and stupid.

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(NT) While keeping down my interest in the media

by C1ay Jul 24, 2007 8:52AM PDT

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I wonder something...

by J. Vega Jul 24, 2007 7:45AM PDT

They did a blood alcohol test on her and got an over the limit level. She was wearing an alcohol monitoring bracelet. I can't help but wonder if the data it recorded shows that level, or something close. I assume they will check the readout of the bracelet. I would be interested to see what it says. It's supposed to be accurate and tamper-proof.

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(NT) How do those work?

by grimgraphix Jul 24, 2007 10:40AM PDT

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(NT) not very well it seems:)

by jimandjerry Jul 24, 2007 11:19AM PDT

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Of course...

by J. Vega Jul 24, 2007 11:25AM PDT

Of course, even if it's working perfectly and as advertised, you can get away with it for up to 24 hours, until it dumps its data and blows the whistle on you.

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It's called...

by J. Vega Jul 24, 2007 11:19AM PDT

It's called a SCRAM bracelet. I'm not sure about the nuts and bolts of the technology, but as I understand it it can sense alcohol exuded from the skin, which supposedly happens when you drink. There might be some sort of a technical article about it out there somewhere on the net. Or, the company might consider the nuts and bolts a trade secret.
It monitors and records data and dumps it every 24 hours to a monitoring site via modem, which the wearer is supposed to approach once a day.

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About 20 years ago I worked for

by drpruner. Jul 24, 2007 7:49PM PDT

a company making transcutaneous, real-time monitors of blood oxygen, intended particularly for preemies. (Angeline can tell you why that's a Good Thing.) The technology has advanced mightily since then, and I'm sure ethanol can be detected as well. But if the actual system is merely a daily check, then your true alcoholic won't think past the drink at hand.

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I still remember Craig Ferguson's

by drpruner. Jul 24, 2007 7:58PM PDT

rant [favorable meaning] about B. Spears. Takes one to advise one. One relevant point he made: It is not a 28 day problem. In Lohan's case it will be perhaps a 50-year problem ... if she hasn't already destroyed her liver.

BTW it's true she's young, rich, beautiful and spoiled, and most of us are not and struggle with our own problems. But I remember an interview with the estimable Sharon Stone about Bobby in which she praised Lohan's work. Aside from the humanity she shares with all of us, that makes her recovery of value IMO.

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I am saddened by this instance...

by grimgraphix Jul 25, 2007 12:19AM PDT

... as much as I was not, when the Paris Hilton debacle occurred.

Unlike Paris, Lohan has worked hard for her rewards... appears to have some talent and received deserved praise. Unlike Hilton, who has parents who have given her everything she could want, and more... Lohan has at least one parent (her father) who has done little for her, exhibited poor adult role modeling, rode her coat tails to his own infamous 15 minutes in the spotlight, and unfortunately passed on to his daughter a genetic predisposition to substance abuse and addiction.

Her present situation, reminds me of Robert Downey Jr.s substance abuse problems not so many years ago. Another actor of some talent who took a ride on the addiction merry-go-round and apparently couldn't dismount. I hope Lohan's ride is much shorter.

I am not as enamored of Lohan as many men seem to be (her acting annoys me), but I do have great empathy for her (as I grew up in a similar family atmosphere). I wish her well, and hope the legal system is not too harsh in giving her "correction" for her poor judgement.

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That was an amazing monologue!

by Josh K Jul 25, 2007 6:24AM PDT

I watched it on YouTube not long ago. He told his story just as if he was at an AA meeting (but with a great sense of humor about it).

Ironically I don't know a thing about Lindsay Lohan (what she does to be famous) other than her arrest record.

Linsay Lohan arrested again

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