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Britney Charged in Hit and Run

Spears to serve time for LA parking lot crash?

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 22, 2007 6:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – Britney Spears could be the next Paris Hilton: yesterday the troubled actress was slapped with charges of hit-and-run and driving without a license that could earn her as much as a year in jail. The misdemeanor counts stem from an Aug. 6 incident in which Spears drove into another vehicle in an LA parking lot, checked her own car for damage, and then walked away.

A video posted on a celeb web site outed Spears for hitting the car of a 59-year-old nurse, who says she was "sort of amused and sort of shocked" to learn that Britney's Mercedes convertible was the source of the damage, but she wanted  her car fixed. Spears is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 10, but she doesn't have to appear. Each charge carries a $1,000 fine and up to six months' jail time.

Singer Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Singer Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)   (Associated Press)
Britney Spears performs during the second show of her 'Onyx Hotel Tour,' Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at Glendale Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Spears took the stage late Tuesday May 1, 2007 at the House of Blues, in San Diego California making what is believed to be her first public...
Britney Spears performs during the second show of her 'Onyx Hotel Tour,' Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at Glendale Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Spears took the stage late Tuesday May 1, 2007 at the House of Blues,...   (Associated Press)
Singer Britney Spears, right watches the  Houston Rockets play the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Friday, March 30, 2007 in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Singer Britney Spears, right watches the Houston Rockets play the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Friday, March 30, 2007 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)   (Associated Press)
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