Spears Turns Herself in to L.A. Police

The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 16, 2007; 8:13 AM

LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears reported to a Los Angeles police station Monday night to face charges of hit and run and driving without a valid license, police said.

Officer Mike Lopez said Spears turned herself in around 9 p.m. and left about 45 minutes later. Spears was fingerprinted and photographed, he said.


In a file photo Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sept. 1, 2007. On Monday night, Oct. 15, 2007, Spears reported to a Los Angeles police station and was booked on charges of hit and run and driving without a valid license, police said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
In a file photo Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Sept. 1, 2007. On Monday night, Oct. 15, 2007, Spears reported to a Los Angeles police station and was booked on charges of hit and run and driving without a valid license, police said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) (Jae C. Hong - Associated Press)
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"She was fine, cooperative," Lopez said. "She did her business and came out."

Spears, 25, was wearing large designer sunglasses and a black turtleneck dress and jacket. As she left the station, she told KCAL-TV that all went smoothly.

"They were nice," she said of police. She told the station she was wearing the sunglasses because she had pinkeye.

The charges stem from an Aug. 6 wreck during which paparazzi filmed Spears steering her car into another vehicle as she tried to turn into a spot in a Studio City parking lot. The video showed her walking away after assessing the damage to her own car.

The owner of the other car, Kim Robard-Rifkin, filed a police report three days later.

Spears had been ordered to report for booking ahead of an Oct. 25 court appearance.

She has been spending considerable time dealing with legal issues lately. On Oct. 1, a court commissioner ordered her to temporarily relinquish custody of her two young sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline, citing concerns over Spears' drug and alcohol use.

She was in court last week to appeal the order and was granted one overnight stay a week with her boys, but the visits must be monitored.


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