Amanda Bynes has been charged with two criminal counts of hit-and-run following two separate crashes earlier this year.

The former child star could face up to six months in jail for each count as well as a $1,000 fine, reports ABC News.

Amanda Bynes’ hit-and-run charges follow a particularly bad driving year for the actress. Bynes was arrested for driving under the influence on April 6. Four days later, the first of her alleged hit-and-runs took place. Then last month, Bynes was charged with her second hit-and-run.

If Bynes was not aware of this requirement after her DUI arrest in April, she surely should have been reminded of this requirement after her first alleged hit-and-run.

Now Bynes finds herself in a difficult position. While prosecutors ordinarily may not ask for jail time for a misdemeanor like a hit-and-run with no injuries, the fact that Bynes was charged twice with the same crime in a five-month period may warrant some time behind bars.

There’s no word yet on whether Amanda Bynes will appeal again to President Obama to get herself out of the hit-and-run charges. Following her DUI arrest, Bynes famously tweeted to President Obama: “I don’t drink Please fire the cop who arrested me. I also don’t hit and run. The end.”

Not surprisingly, President Obama did not respond to Bynes’ tweet. Unfortunately for her, the leader of the free world can’t grant a pardon for Amanda Bynes’ hit-and-runs. That’s because presidential pardons only work for federal convictions, not state DUI charges.

Related Resources:

  • Prosecutors charge Amanda Bynes with hit-and-run (The Associated Press)
  • Amanda Bynes to Lose Driver’s License? (FindLaw’s Celebrity Justice)
  • Amanda Bynes Pleads for President Obama’s Help in DUI Case (FindLaw’s Celebrity Justice)

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