Amanda Bynes is on mental lockdown

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, lurid saga of Amanda Bynes continues unabated. The actress was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold — also known as 5150 — in Los Angeles on Monday after setting a fire in a driveway, according to TMZ.com. She can be held only for 72 hours. According to Captain Don Aguilar of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, "Amanda Bynes was involved in a disturbance in a residential neighborhood last night in Thousand Oaks in the 200-block of Avenida De Los Arboles. Deputies investigated the incident and determined that she met the criteria of 5150 W&I (California Welfare & Institutions Code). She was detained and taken for a mental health evaluation." Back in January 2008, Britney Spears also was placed on lockdown for 72 hours after refusing to hand her younger son Jayden over to ex-husband Kevin Federline. Earlier this spring, Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment and attempted tampering with physical evidence after allegedly throwing a marijuana bong from the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. The actress is known on Twitter for her odd, cryptic posts. The most recent one, dated July 19: "drake is gorgeous."
 News source: www.usatoday.com

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