Some good news for Amanda Bynes! The 27-year-old actress won't be facing criminal charges after she allegedly started a fire in the driveway of an elderly woman's home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Monday.
Capt. Don Aguilar of Ventura County Sheriff's Office told MTV News
on Wednesday that no criminal charges will be pressed against Bynes.
"She's at a mental health facility now so we're out of the mix," Aguilar
said.
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On Tuesday, Aguilar confirmed to Us Weekly:
"Amanda Bynes was involved in a disturbance in a residential
neighborhood last night in Thousand Oaks in the 200 block of Avenida de
los Arboles. Deputies investigated the incident and determined that she
met the criteria of 5150 W&I (California Welfare & Institutions
Code). She was detained and taken for a mental health evaluation.
Ventura County Fire Dept. also responded to this incident in reference
to a report of a gas can on fire in a driveway."
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An eyewitness told TMZ
that the former Nickelodeon star was seen in the driveway with her dog;
her left pant leg was on fire and her dog was reportedly burned.
Shortly after, Bynes was caught on a surveillance video at a nearby
liquor store carrying her Pomeranian. The store owner told TMZ that he
smelled gasoline and the "Easy A" star went into an employee only area
to rinse off her dog in a sink.
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Bynes
was placed on an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric hold. Mental Health
Association of California executive director Rusty Selix explained to MTV News,
"The maximum is a 72-hour hold, but in most cases they don't need 72
hours ... For someone to be admitted, a judicial proceeding takes place
and someone has to make a finding that the person is a danger to
themself or others ... [with the act of] setting fires in a driveway it
is not problem to make that determination."
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