Mindy McCready Jailed in Florida

Posted by amyclark on 08/04/2008
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7/22/2007 Stephen L. Betts Mindy McCready was jailed in Fort Myers, Florida Saturday, and faces an August 14 court appearance on two misdemeanor charges: battery and resisting a law enforcement officer. According to the Fort Myers News-Press website, the 31-year-old singer was booked into the Lee County Jail on Saturday at 2:28 a.m.  By 7:05 p.m., she had posted $1,000 bail and was released. Mindy McCready, who scored a Top 10 hit in 1996 with "10,000 Angels," is a Fort Myers native. She has faced numerous legal troubles in recent years. In September 2005, she was hospitalized for an overdose of alcohol and prescription drugs.