Looks like overcrowding at the LA County Jails has allowed Lindsay Lohan to receive a get out of jail card in her most recent game of Crime and Punishment with the LA Superior Court.  Lohan, the child actress and now famous bad girl who has recently posed for Playboy, served only 4.5 hrs of a 30 day sentence for violating probation in a DUI case and theft of a necklace.  The 25-year-old actress was booked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood California at 8:58 p.m. and was seen leaving in a chauffeured Escalade a little past 1:30 a.m.  According to Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore, Ms. Lohan will be booked and released because she is a nonviolent offender with a less then 90 day jail sentence.  Also noting that overcrowded conditions at the LA Jails means less room for those less serious offenders regardless if they are celebrities or not.

This is not the first time she was released due to overcrowding.  Back in 2007, she was charged with seven misdemeanors, sentenced to rehab, 36 months probation, 18 months alcohol education, 10 days community service and one day of jail.  When she reports to the same facility for her 24 hour stay, Lohan is released after 84 minutes due to overcrowding. Lindsay’s legal programs began in May 2007 with a DUI and possible cocaine possession charge.  In all, she has paid $615,000 in bail since that time for a variety of charges ranging from felony grand theft to violating the terms of her probation.  In this most recent incident, her probation was revoked for failing to perform her community service obligations and a $100,000 bail bond is issued and posted.  In all she has had a total of 5 jail sentences since 2007.

If she meets all the terms of her probation which includes 480 hours of community service currently being done at the County Morgue and attend therapy sessions, she will be done with her probation for her 2007 DUI and 2011 theft charges by April 2012.

Actress Daryl Hannah was bailed out of jail recently after refusing to move off the sidewalk in front of the White House, where she and other protesters were gather to demonstrate against  a planned oil pipeline which purportedly will run from Canada to the U.S. Gulf coast.

The actress, known for her work in such movies as “Splash” , “Roxanne” and “Kill Bill” has been arrested and bailed out of jail for protesting other environmental causes such as the destruction of a Los Angeles California urban community garden in 2006, and again in 2009 for a mountaintop removal in West Virginia.  Many consider the tar sands project to be an environmental disaster in the making, both for Canada and the US.  Oil extraction methods in Canada would create extensive damage to the forests where the oil is located.  In the US where the pipeline would cross the entire vertical length of the US,  oil leaks would be more toxic to the environment than those that occur offshore.

Say what you will about her acting career. Personally, I find it refreshing that a celebrity is using her star power to draw attention to a cause bigger than herself as opposed to the many ‘celebutantes’ who end up being jailed and bailed for drug and alcohol abuse who then rant about their supposed violation of entitlement.(yes you: Charlie,Lindsey,Xtina!)

Daryl, the next time you need a bail bondsman, give us a call. We’ll give you a special “save the planet” rate,okay?

Famous (more like infamous these days) actor Charlie Sheen has a posse that includes porn stars, professional athletes, CEOs, and other Hollywood celebrities. Who he should have hanging around, or at least on speed dial on his phone is a bail bondsman.

The high-flying Charlie Sheen was arrested and released on bail on Christmas Day, 2009 when his now ex-wife Brooke Mueller called police after an incident involving domestic violence . He was booked and released on a bail of $8500 from the Pitkin County Prison in Colorado while on vacation in Aspen.

In light of his recent activities, it’s entirely possible that his bail bond could be forfeited due to the court’s stipulating that he have no drugs or alcohol in his system. Hello, Charlie Sheen? Do you think  nobody is listening to your rants about  “pounding a 7 gram rock” ? And what exactly is the alcohol content of tiger blood, anyway?

Given his proclivity for “partying out of bounds”, it might behoove Charlie Sheen to travel with a licensed California Bail bondsman in his inner circle, if for no other reason than to get back to the party quicker after his inevitable future arrests.