Republican Actress Heather Locklear Arrested for Hit-and-Run

Heather Locklear was arrested for hit-and-run last Saturday ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ at around 4 AM, someone heard a crash near North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, CA.

The person who heard the crash didn't call the Ventura County Sheriff's Department until 7:48 PM that night. Deputies went out to the area and found a knocked over "no parking" sign and obvious signs of a car that went up the curb, striking the sign.

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The offense is a misdemeanor, so Locklear was not taken into custody -- just cited and released. An official from the Ventura County Sheriff's Department tells TMZ a hit-and-run citation constitutes an "arrest."

Back in 2008, Locklear was arrested in Santa Barbara for allegedly driving under the influence of prescription medications.



More:
http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/21/heather-lockler-arrested-hit-and-run-westlake-car-crash/

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/argylestyle/status/12592320017



See also:
http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Heather_Locklear.php


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wow...when you think of hit and run you think of hitting a person or a vehicle. and the pics show them giving her a field sobriety test at what has to be hours after the accident...

weird...

sP

it includes damage to any property not your own

not just cars and people

of damage done in many jurisdictions.

She damaged a sign that gets replaced by taxes....so, yeah.

not arrested. Really misleading title for the OP, I gotta say.

so headlining an article stating that she was "arrested" is misleading, regardless of whether a misdemeanor citation in Calif. "counts" as an arrest. (Being unfamiliar with state law there, I'll have to take your word for it.)

In 'custody' she had 4th, 5th, and 6th amendment rights that she doesn't have otherwise.

Generally the seriousness of the offense is dependent on the estimated damage.

my house was burglarized a few years ago, the cops could not have cared less. An officer took three hours to arrive, proclaimed that dusting for prints would be "too messy" and probably "useless" since the crook would never be caught. After he left there was no further follow up. For swank North Ranch they apparently have the resources not only to investigate a sign knocked down near the Country Club but to track down the car responsible. Unbelievable.

I got the same response for a breaking and entering burglary.

but it doesn't surprise me in the least. I'll just add her to my pay-no-mind list of no-talent, has-been ex-celebrities.

It's a shitty thing to do, but liberal actors have done the same. Halle Berry did it.

that Halle Berry is a huge you know what.

is a big you know what!!

night.

If a republican office holder (or a Democratic office holder) breaks the law, reporting that fact and their party affiliation makes sense. But Locklear hardly is a highly visible partisan. If Ted Danson or another celebrity who supports Democrats was involved in a similar incident and it was being characterized as "Democrat so and so in hit and run", I suspect most folks on DU would be justifiably outraged.

She was very lucky. This time. Hopefully, she lays off the sauce.