Los Angeles, CA – Actress Heather Locklear has been arrested for assaulting a police officer, again.
Police said Locklear attacked a police officer and an EMT when emergency personnel responded to a 911 call from her home on Sunday evening, TMZ reported.
Officers first responded to a call about another disturbance at the actress’s home at around 6 p.m. on June 24, but left after determining no crime had been committed, according to TMZ.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the 56-year-old Locklear assaulted the first responders when police returned to her home in response to another 911 call shortly before midnight.
TMZ reported that sources said Locklear was extremely intoxicated, and that she punched a responding deputy who was trying to intervene between her and her family.
An ambulance was summoned to the residence, but when paramedics arrived and tried to put the television star on a gurney, she kicked an EMT, TMZ reported.
Locklear was transported to the hospital for an examination. She was later released into police custody.
Ventura County Sheriff’s Captain Garo Kuredjian told Variety that the actress had been arrested on two counts of misdemeanor battery — assault of a police officer and assault of an emergency personnel.
Locklear was booked into jail, where she was being held on $20,000 bail. She is schedule for a court appearance on Tuesday, Variety reported.
The actress had been involuntarily committed for a psychiatric evaluation on June 17, after a family member called 911 and reported that Locklear had threatened to kill herself and was trying to find a gun to do the deed, TMZ reported.
Both the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department and the Ventura County Fire Department responded in that incident, and no criminal charges were filed.
This was not the first time that the television star, famous for the series “Melrose Place,” has threatened police officers.
Thousand Oaks Police Captain Dean Cook said Locklear assaulted three officers when police responded to a domestic violence incident at her home in February, FOX News reported.
The actress was arrested on one count of domestic violence and three counts of battery on emergency personnel, FOX News reported.
During that arrest, TMZ reported that Locklear threatened to shoot responding officers if they ever returned to her home.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that multiple units were dispatched to Locklear’s residence from the sheriff’s department because of her recent history with the agency.
