Washington, January 3: A U. S. court has dismissed American actress Heather Locklear's DUI case after she pleaded no contest.

According to the Santa Barbara, Calif., District Attorney’s Office, a formal charge for DUI has been laid against Heather Locklear, former star of Melrose Place and who was arrested on 27th September in Montecito, following a 911 call made by a paparazzo reporting Locklear was ‘driving erratically’, who then took proceeded to take photographs of the star and her arrest, selling them later through an intermediary to TMZ.com, a celebrity news site for $27,500.
 

New York, November 18: Actress Heather Locklear has been charged with a misdemeanour driving under the influence of prescribed drugs following her arrest in September.

The ‘Firestarter’ star was arrested, and later released, in Santa Barbara County, after a paparazzo reported her ‘erratic’ driving to the cops on September 27.

Locklear was handcuffed by a California Highway Patrol officer who saw her parked car blocking a freeway traffic lane in Montecito and determined her ‘obvious impairment’.