Additional Jail Time...

[From Reuters.com]

Singer Brown Ordered Jailed on Probation Violation

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Entertainer Bobby Brown was ordered to serve nine additional days in jail on Wednesday for violating his probation from a drunken driving conviction.
The singer appeared in a DeKalb County court wearing an orange jail uniform. He had been in custody since Friday night, when he was arrested at a suburban Atlanta restaurant while dining with his wife, pop diva Whitney Houston.

Judge Wayne Purdom ordered Brown to serve 14 days of jail time, with credit for five days already served. Purdom also said Brown must be under house arrest for 60 days after any substance abuse treatment and complete community service in Georgia. He also ordered Brown not to drive.

Purdom warned of harsher consequences if Brown failed to fulfill terms of the probation. "If you come back to court, you'll be sentenced to 120 days and you'll probably serve 90," Purdom said.

Brown, who has a history of run-ins with the law dating back to his youth in Boston, apologized to the judge. He could be released early under a jail policy that cuts sentences for good behavior.

An arrest warrant had been issued for Brown after his probation officer said the singer failed to meet the terms of his probation. Brown's lawyers told the court he had attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and performed community service but hadn't told his probation officer.

Brown was jailed in January after he pleaded guilty to a 1996 drunken driving charge in DeKalb County. At that time, Brown was also ordered to perform community service and pay a fine.

The singer, whose hit songs include "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step," was held in a Florida jail for 26 days in 2000 for violating probation after an incident at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub. That same year, he pleaded no contest to charges of kicking a hotel security guard in West Hollywood, California.
 

NEWSFILE: 27 AUGUST 2003