Los Angeles, Jan 26: Emmy Award-winning actress Stockard Channing was jailed for nearly three hours last month after being arrested for alleged drunken driving, city officials said.
xChanning, 60, who won an Emmy for her role as first lady on NBC's White House drama "The West Wing," was stopped by a California Highway Patrol(CHP) officer on December 14 for allegedly driving on the shoulder of highway 101, city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said yesterday.
Two misdemeanor counts of driving while under the influence of alcohol were filed against her on Monday, Mateljan said.
Her blood-alcohol levels were .12 and .13, said CHP spokesman Alex Delgadillo. The legal limit in California is .08.
Channing's manager, Ernest Johns, did not immediately return a phone call yesterday seeking comment.
She was arrested, jailed for nearly three hours and then released without bail, the Los Angeles county sheriff's department said.
Channing was scheduled to appear for arraignment on February 9.
The maximum penalty for conviction is six months in jail and a USD 1,000 fine for each charge, Mateljan said.
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