Heather Locklear Officially Charged!

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Our friends at TMZ.com have just confirmed that actress Heather Locklear has just been charged with one count of driving under the influence of drugs....prescription medications.

No alcohol and no illegal narcotics were found in Heather's system.

Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter tells us they believe the prescription medications found in her system "could have impaired her ability to safely drive a motor vehicle."

Which prescriptions, we wonder?!?!

Heather Locklear Arrested

Heather Locklear, the Melrose Place star, was arresting on Saturday evening. According to reports, a concerned citizen called the police after witnessing Locklear driving forwards and backwards over a pair of sunglasses in a parking lot. After which she got out of her car and stumbled into traffic.

Alcohol was ruled out immediately after field tests took place. But Locklear was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. After taken into custody it was found that she was under the influence of a controlled substance, AKA prescription pain killers.

Last June, Locklear checked herself into a rehab facility in Arizona, which she returned home after only one month.