Probation

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan is returning to court to give a judge her second update on how she's faring under strict new probation requirements. The hearing on Tuesday is expected to be much like Lohan's last progress update: short and without surprises. The starlet has been doing cleanup work at the county morgue and attending psychotherapy sessions in an effort to avoid problems with her probation for separate drunken driving and theft cases. Lohan's spokesman Steve Honig says the actress has made her community service her "primary focus" and is eager for Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner to receive the details.

A Benton Harbor leader received probation and community service for intimidation and harassment charges. City commissioner Dennis Knowles pleaded guilty to the charges. Police said he threatened to harm a woman and her son. He said he was upset with the woman he said was trying to sell drugs to his ex-girlfriend. The judge sentenced him to 5 months probation, 20 hours of community service, and more than 500 dollars in costs and fines.

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A star of the MTV reality show "Teen Mom" has been ordered to jail in central Indiana for violating her probation on felony domestic battery charges. Court records show that probation revocation was sought for Amber Portwood of Anderson after she was accused of battery and public intoxication in connection with a fight in November. She is also accused of not obtaining her GED or completing anger management classes as required. Madison Circuit Court Judge David Happe tells The Herald Bulletin ( http://bit.ly/uHDF1a )

NILES - Allowing her two dogs, both pit bulls, to run loose proved costly Wednesday for a Buchanan area woman. Berrien County Trial Court Judge Scott Schofield sentenced Heather Marie Pruett, 33, of North Hamilton Drive on the western fringe of Niles Township, to 90 days in jail and 18 months of probation. In addition, she'll be required to perform 180 hours of community service at a local animal shelter. Also, she was ordered to pay $1,360 in fines and court costs and up to $30,000 in yet to be determined restitution to three Buchanan residents who are still recovering from injuries suffered when they were attacked by the dogs.

The IHSAA has ruuled against South Bend Washington High School, in two cases regarding past student-athlete eligibility. The Washington High School girl's basketball team has been placed on probation for the 2011-2012 school year because of the ongoing battle over Jasmine Watson and her eligibility as a player during her senior season in 2008-09. http://www.wsbt.com/sports/wsbt-watson-ruled-ineligible-by-ind-122010,0,1747795.story Washington also has to pay $9572.51 in financial restitution to the IHSAA, for funds raised during the 2009 state tournament.

BERRIEN COUNTY - A judge has sentenced a Berrien County mother to four years probation for the death of her 10-month-old baby. Angel Hedtke pleaded no contest in August to child abuse for the death of her son, Ashton. In exchange for her plea, the prosecutor dropped a charge of involuntary manslaughter. The baby died in January of suffocation after he was found hanging by his neck from his crib. Police say Hedtke knew the crib was broken and that there were missing pieces.

MISHWAKA - A former Goshen College student, who told her mom she'd been kidnapped and raped as an excuse for being late, received her sentence today. Jessica De La Vega will have to spend a year and a half on probation and perform 200 hours of community service for her conviction of obstructing justice. A year-and-a-half of prison time was suspended. De La Vega told police back in January she had been abducted and raped in a Goshen park, leading police to circulate a sketch of a suspect.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man has been sentenced to probation for posting a bogus ad about an orgy at the house of a neighbor with whom he had been feuding. Court records show 44-year-old Philip Conran pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a child last week in Hartford Superior Court. He has been sentenced to three years of probation and 200 hours of community service. He also has been ordered to pay for the West Hartford neighbor's house alarm system.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon woman who tried to circumcise her 3-month-old son at home after reading the Old Testament and watching YouTube videos has been sentenced to five years of probation. Keemonta Peterson pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment. The 30-year-old Portland woman must also undergo mental health treatment. Peterson called 911 and the boy was rushed to a hospital last October after her botched effort left the infant bleeding uncontrollably and in intense pain.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man who authorities say fired a gunshot near a cable television worker who was disconnecting his service due to an unpaid bill will be without cable TV for a while. Macomb County Circuit Court Judge James Biernat Jr. on Wednesday sentenced Guy Tellis of the Detroit suburb of Warren to six months in jail in the Nov. 26 shooting. And for two years of probation, the judge says Tellis can't subscribe to cable TV. Tellis earlier pleaded no contest to assault with a dangerous weapon.