Richie Sambora was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) yesterday (22.04.08).

The Bon Jovi guitarist - who was arrested last month after police officers noticed his car weaving along the road in California’s Laguna Beach - was sentenced to three years probation, a three-month alcohol education class and ordered to pay fees.

However, Sambora - who was travelling with his 10-year-old daughter Ava and another unidentified girl - avoided a charge of child endangerment.

Farrah Emami, a spokesperson for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, said: “We felt that in order to file additional counts - in this case, child endangerment - we would have needed additional aggravating circumstances. The evidence did not support that.”

Ava is Sambora’s daughter with ex-wife Heather Locklear. Their divorce was finalised in April 2007 after nine years of marriage.

Sambora has experienced problems with alcohol before, and entered rehab last June.

Following his treatment, he said: “I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I’m still in therapy and stuff like that, but it’s good. I’m great. I feel fine.”

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Basketball star Carmelo Anthony and his fiancée LaLa Vazquez are speaking out to PEOPLE about his DUI arrest – denying Internet reports she was unsupportive and wouldn’t pick him up from the police station.

“I want to make sure the public understands that I fully support my fiancé, Carmelo Anthony, and stand by him through this ordeal,” Vazquez, a former MTV veejay, says in a statement to PEOPLE on Tuesday. “I will always have his back and never refused to pick him up from the police station. In fact, they offered to bring him to me.”

Anthony was arrested early Monday morning near downtown Denver, hours after leading his Denver Nuggets to victory over the Houston Rockets.

The NBA star reiterated his love for Vazquez in his own statement to PEOPLE: “LaLa continues to be a rock in my life, she’s always been there for me through thick and thin.”

The girl would have to be crazy to not pick up Melo after his DUI arrest, the guy is one of the top NBA stars and making millions.  Lets just hope he has a top DUI lawyer.

Misha Barton will accept a plea deal in her DUI case, sparing her any jail time, a source tells PEOPLE.

The former O.C. star will plead no contest to DUI at her arraignment Thursday in Beverly Hills court, and agree to serve a three-year unsupervised probation term, the source says.

Barton will also be sentenced to a three-month alcohol-education class, and pay a fine of approximately $1,700. In addition, a marijuana possession charge against the actress will be dropped, due to the small amount found. Another charge of driving without a license will be reduced to an infraction, according to the source.

A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office would not comment on the case.

The terms of the plea deal, negotiated by Barton’s lawyer Anthony V. Salerno, are expected to be signed off on by the court Thursday. Such a deal is common for first-time offenders.

Remember now, its key to get a Good Drunk Driving Lawyer when arrested for DUI. Also if you are going to have weed in the car, make sure its a small amount!  

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Mischa Barton has been charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana, stemming from her arrest in December, police announced Tuesday.

The former star of The O.C. was also charged with driving without a valid license. Her arraignment on the misdemeanor charges is set for Thursday in Beverly Hills Superior Court.

Barton, 22, was arrested for investigation of DUI in West Hollywood on Dec. 27 after her vehicle was seen straddling two lanes of traffic and she failed to signal when making a turn, police have said.
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TMZ has confirmed that Mischa Barton has been arrested on suspicion of DUI, possession of narcotics and driving on a suspended license.

According to a press release issued by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, the former “O.C.” star was pulled over early this morning around 2:45 AM as she was driving in West Hollywood, Calif. Cops say she “was seen straddling two lanes of traffic and failed to signal when making a turn.” When deputies pulled her over, they determined that she “was an unlicensed driver and was driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.”

Barton is still in custody, being held on $10,000 bail. The L.A. County Sheriffs’ Inmate Information website called her “Mischa Burton.” Sources tell us that Mischa has been “very cooperative” and “no trouble at all.” She’s a good bad girl!

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American actor Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest in his drunk-driving case to ensure he could avoid a lengthy jail sentence, his lawyer and TV network officials said.

Under terms of a plea agreement, the 24 star will serve 30 days in jail for driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of .08 percent, his attorney Blair Berk said.

Sutherland was not in the Los Angeles courtroom yesterday.

A second misdemeanour charge, driving under the influence, was dropped.

The charges stemmed from a traffic stop in Los Angeles last month.

As part of the arrangement, Sutherland must also enroll in an 18-month alcohol-education class and attend weekly alcohol-therapy sessions for six months.

Sutherland could face six months in jail for violating probation for a 2004 drunken driving arrest.

Sentencing is set for December 21, the same day the show begins its winter production break.

“I’m very disappointed in myself for the poor judgment I exhibited recently, and I’m deeply sorry for the disappointment and distress this has caused my family, friends and co-workers on 24 and at 20th Century Fox,” Sutherland said in a statement.

The actor’s plea arrangement ensures that production of 24 will not be interrupted, Fox officials said in a statement.

“Kiefer made clear to us at the time of his arrest that his first concern was the welfare of those he worked with and that he intended to do whatever was necessary to prevent shutting down the show because of his situation,” the statement said.

“He told us that even if he had to sacrifice more time in custody in order to protect the show and the jobs of those who work with him, he would do so. From what occurred today, it is evident he is a man of his word,” it said.

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Jack Bauer isn’t untouchable after all.

TMZ has learned that “24″ star Kiefer Sutherland was busted on suspicion of DUI in West Hollywood last night, after allegedly blowing more than twice the legal limit of .08. This is the actor’s second DUI in the past five years — he was arrested in 2004. By California law, if he’s convicted, he must serve a mandatory minimum of five days in jail.

Police sources tell TMZ 40-year-old Sutherland was pulled over around 1:35 AM PST on the corner of La Cienega and Beverly. Sutherland was at the FOX Fall Eco-Casino party at Area nightclub earlier that evening. The photo in this story was taken at the event.

Kiefer Sutherland is in deep you-know-what.

In November, 2004, Kiefer was popped for driving with a .22 blood alcohol level, and plead no contest to drunk driving. He was placed on 5 years probation. That means if he’s convicted on this morning’s DUI, he will have violated his probation.

Now here’s where the news gets worse: Guess who the judge was in the 2004 case? That would be Judge Michael Sauer, the guy who threw the book at Paris Hilton for violating her probation. And remember, Paris was not drunk when she was driving on a suspended license — and she was sentenced to 45 days in jail!
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Nicole Richie appeared in court today to face charges for her wrong-way DUI bust in December — her second DUI conviction in 4 years. A court commissioner sentenced Richie, represented by lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley, to serve four days in the City or County Jail (her choice!) — she got credit for a fifth day, for the six hours she served after being busted.

Richie was also fined $2,048, was ordered back to school for 21 days to an alcohol education course and on three years probation.

Richie must report to serve her time by September 28.

The commissioner issued Richie a stern warning, telling her if she she drove drunk again and she actually killed someone she could be charged with murder — not manslaughter. That’s because after her first DUI, Richie agreed that if she drove under the influence and killed someone, she’d be nailed for murder.

The 25-year-old is expected to give birth sometime in January.

A source close to Richie said at today’s sentencing she was “stoic and serious, but not emotional.”

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The L.A. County Sheriffs Department just released Lindsay Lohan’s mugshot taken after her arrest this morning.

Looking Good! Just in time for her new movie release, what an idiot! I mean why the hell doesnt she have a full time driver.