Mindy McCready Accused Of Violating Probation

Country singer Mindy McCready has been arrested and accused of violating probation on a drug conviction out of Tennessee. According to the warrant, McCready left Tennessee without getting permission from her probation officer and didn't report to the officer during July.

On November 29, 2004, McCready pleaded guilty to purchasing OxyContin with a false prescription. She was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years probation, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

On May 6, 2005, McCready was stopped by police for speeding and then arrested and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. She was later released on $3500 bail.

Two days later, on May 8, McCready's ex-boyfriend, William Patrick McKnight, broke into her house and beat and choked her. He was charged with attempted murder and aggravated burglary.

In July, of the same year, McCready was charged in Arizona with identity theft. Later in the month, on July 22, she was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Pinellas County, Florida. She was hospitalized due to a drug overdose.