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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan has been ordered back to court Thursday for an emergency hearing to determine if she violated her probation in a 2007 DUI case.
There are unconfirmed reports that Lohan may have tested positive for alcohol while under house arrest in her jewelry theft case.
The actress will have to make an appearance, Gibbons said.
The 24-year-old actress was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service back in May.
She was allowed to serve 35 days in home confinement due to overcrowding at the L.A. County Jail, sheriff's officials said.
Lohan issued a statement after the sentencing hearing, saying in part, "I am glad to be able to put this past me and move on with my life and my career."
"I support the judge's decision and hold myself accountable for being in this situation."
According to Judge Stephanie Sautner, Lohan violated the terms of her probation when she left a Venice jewelry store in January wearing a gold necklace, which she failed to return until she learned that detectives were about to search her house.
360 hours of community service will be performed at the Downtown Women's Center, and the remaining 120 will be done at the L.A. County Morgue.
"We have community service workers all the time," said Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the coroner's office. "They do janitorial tasks. They clean up and sweep up."
Lohan will be treated like any other community service worker assigned to the office by the courts, Winter said.
"I hope to be able to fulfill my obligation without any press attention," Lohan said in her statement. "I think the media spotlight should be on issues such as homelessness and domestic violence instead of on me."
Once Lohan's community service is completed, her probation on the DUI case will be terminated. She will still be on 3 years probation for the jewelry theft case.
The actress also has to complete psychological counseling and a 'Shoplifters Alternative' class.
The actress rejected a plea deal in March and decided to take the case to trial.
Lohan had two choices: accept a plea deal and go to jail for 90 days or refuse the plea deal and demand a trial on the felony grand theft charge.
The actress refused to consider any time in jail, continuously insisting she never took anything intentionally.
The judge eventually reduced the felony theft charge to a misdemeanor and transferred the case to the City Attorney's office.
Sautner said Lohan has received a lot of punishment for her DUI charge four years ago, and admitted she wanted "to give her an opportunity."
Sautner said Lohan should have notified the store about the necklace sooner, but instead waited until police were about to serve a search warrant at her house.
Lohan pleaded not guilty March 23 to charges she stole the $2,500 necklace from Venice jewelry store Kamofie and Co.
During several hours of testimony at a preliminary hearing, the owner of the Venice jewelry store took the stand.
Sofia Kaman testified that she noticed Lohan had left with the necklace about 10 minutes after she closed her store on Jan. 22.
She said Lohan had tried on the necklace, looking at it in the mirror for almost a half-hour, but did not buy it.
Kaman also said she had not given Lohan permission to borrow the piece.
Kaman testified that she reported the alleged theft to police the next day, after reviewing tapes from her security camera.
She also alleged Lohan covered the store's necklace up with her own necklace as she was walking out.
Kaman also spoke about her decision to license the security video. She said a lawyer had advised her to put out an "authentic" version of the video, and that the store had received no money from licensing of the video.
Kamofie and Co. employee Tinelli Comsookri testified about another incident involving Lohan that happened just four days before the alleged necklace theft.
Comsookri said that Lohan tried on a pair of diamond earrings on Jan. 18, and nearly walked out with one of them still in her ear.
She said Lohan apologized and removed the earring. Comsookri then emailed her bosses to inform them about what had happened.
Lohan has appeared before a judge 10 times in the past year. Presumably eager to get the legal drama behind her, Lohan is set to go back to work. She's been cast in the "Gotti" movie, which is set for production in October.
SouthFlorida.com
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