New York, November 18: Actress Heather Locklear has been charged with a misdemeanour driving under the influence of prescribed drugs following her arrest in September.

The ‘Firestarter’ star was arrested, and later released, in Santa Barbara County, after a paparazzo reported her ‘erratic’ driving to the cops on September 27.

Locklear was handcuffed by a California Highway Patrol officer who saw her parked car blocking a freeway traffic lane in Montecito and determined her ‘obvious impairment’.

According to the Santa Barbara, Calif., District Attorney’s Office, a formal charge for DUI has been laid against Heather Locklear, former star of Melrose Place and who was arrested on 27th September in Montecito, following a 911 call made by a paparazzo reporting Locklear was ‘driving erratically’, who then took proceeded to take photographs of the star and her arrest, selling them later through an intermediary to TMZ.com, a celebrity news site for $27,500.
 

Washington, January 3: A U. S. court has dismissed American actress Heather Locklear's DUI case after she pleaded no contest.

A source close to the case has revealed that the Santa Barbara court, California, sentenced Locklear to three years'' informal probation, and fined 700 dollars as part of the plea deal with prosecutors.

The 47-year-old actress, who was not present in court, was also directed to complete a 12-hour DMV road and safety class.

Her attorney Blair Berk refused to comment on the case, reports People magazine.

Locklear was formally charged with DUI in November, following a September arrest in which a 911 caller described her as "driving erratically". (ANI)