Lohan reportedly back in rehab after Santa Monica arrest Tuesday morning
SANTA MONICA JAIL Troubled young actress Lindsay Lohan will face a judge next month on allegations of driving under the influence and drug possession after she was arrested early Tuesday morning in Santa Monica following a drunken car chase.
The star of the upcoming film “I Know Who Killed Me” will be arraigned on Aug. 24, possibly at the LAX Courthouse.
Lohan was booked Tuesday by the Santa Monica Police Department for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a suspended/revoked license and possession of a controlled substance. The incident is just the latest in a string of wrangles with the law for the 21-year-old celebrity, who turned herself in last week to the Beverly Hills Police Department on allegations that she was driving under the influence in a hit-and-run crash over Memorial Day weekend.
Santa Monica police received a call at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday from a frantic woman driver who claimed she was being chased around the city. The caller — the mother of Lohan’s former personal assistant — was driving a 2007 Cadillac Escalade when she was pursued by a 2004 GMC Yukon, driven by Lohan, according to Lt. Alex Padilla of the SMPD.
“She did not know who was chasing her,” Padilla said. Police have no motives for the chase, which began in the vicinity of Main Street and Pico Boulevard and concluded in
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 25, 2007. Read the original PDF.