Amanda Bynes ignites her trousers and fears her dog has been burned before involuntary psychiatric hold

 

 

Amanda Bynes ignited her trousers and screamed her dog had been burned after allegedly starting a fire on Monday night in a residential driveway.

 

The 27-year-old actress was found by sheriff's deputies about 9pm standing near the fire burning at a house in Thousand Oaks, California, said Captain Don Aguilar of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday.

  

The sheriff's department and fire department both responded to an emergency 911 call of a gasoline tank fire in a driveway, Aguilar said.

 

The homeowner said deputies later identified the woman as Amanda and said she had burned a part of her own clothing.

 

'It sounded like her clothing had been sort of singed,' the resident told TMZ.

 

A passerby named Andrew Liverpool said he was driving along when he saw a woman with her 'left pant leg on fire' and after he pulled over saw the woman grab her small dog.

 

Amanda tried to leave in a taxi, but Liverpool said he kept the cab from leaving.

 

'She was really frantic and she was like "my dog has been burned,"' Liverpool said.

 

 

A male caller to 911 reported a piece of cloth burning on a gasoline tank on a driveway and a second female caller confirmed a gasoline tank and fire, according to a report in TMZ.

 

Amanda was questioned by Ventura County Sheriff's Department deputies who determined she met the criteria for a psychiatric hold and she was detained, Aguilar said.

 

The 5150 hold is named after the California state code that allows for involuntary hospitalization for a mental health evaluation. 

Amanda Bynes arrives at Court wearing Turquoise Wig.

 

 

Amanda Bynes arrived for an appearance at court, sporting a turquoise wig and an outfit more suited for a trip to the gym than to face a judge.( I personally don't think they is anything wrong with dressing comfortably to court, after all there's no rule that says you can't. I don't know about you but I love her outfit)

 

The 27-year-old actress was pictured outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, where she is attending a hearing into allegations she tossed a marijuana bong from the window of her 36th floor apartment.

 

Bynes is charged with reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with physical evidence.

She previously attended a court hearing in May, shortly after her arrest, wearing a long blonde wig.

 

The former Nickelodeon was arrested after building officials at her Manhattan apartment called police to complain she was rolling a joint and smoking pot in the lobby.

 

Officers went to her apartment where they say they saw heavy smoke and a bong sitting on the kitchen counter. Prosecutors say she tossed the bong out the window in front of the officers.

 

Bynes was virtually silent during Tuesday's hearing, according to TMZ, and the judge continued the case to August 26.

 

At her arraignment hearing in May, Bynes' attorney Andrew Friedman told the court: 'My client completely denies illegally throwing anything out of her window.'

 

And he claimed she was illegally followed into her apartment by police.

 

Amanda also made a series of allegations on Twitter in the wake of her May arrest, claiming she was sexually assaulted by the arresting officer.

 

She wrote at the time on the micro-blogging website: 'He [the police officer] lied and said I threw a bong out the window when I opened the window for fresh air. Hilarious. He slapped my vagina. Sexual harassment.

 

Bynes was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after her arrest.

A incident report quotes the officer as saying: 'I observed [Amanda] grab said bong, run to the westbound-facing window, and throw it out the window where numerous pedestrians were walking on the 8 Avenue and West 47 Street sidewalks below.'

 

She then said to police: 'It was just a vase,' according to Manhattan assistant district attorney Chikaelo Ibeabuchi.

 

Bynes rose to fame starring in Nickelodeon's All That. She also starred in 2010's Easy A.

But she has been in the news more recently because of several scrapes with the law and bizarre public behavior.