Britney Spears Surrenders to L.A. Police to Face Hit and Run Charges
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Britney Spears is no stranger to being photographed, but it's not often she has her fingerprints taken at the same time.
On Monday night, Spears reported to a Los Angeles police station to face charges of hit and run and driving without a valid license, police said.
Officer Mike Lopez said Spears turned herself in around 9 p.m. and left about 45 minutes later. Spears was fingerprinted and photographed, he said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"She was fine, cooperative," Lopez said. "She did her business and came out."
Spears, 25, was wearing large designer sunglasses and a black turtleneck dress and jacket. As she left the station, she told KCAL-TV that all went smoothly.
"They were nice," she said of police. She told the station she was wearing the sunglasses because she had pinkeye.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The charges stem from an Aug. 6 wreck during which paparazzi filmed Spears steering her car into another vehicle as she tried to turn into a spot in a Studio City parking lot. The video showed her walking away after assessing the damage to her own car.
The owner of the other car, Kim Robard-Rifkin, filed a police report three days later.
Spears had been ordered to report for booking ahead of an Oct. 25 court appearance.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She has been spending considerable time dealing with legal issues lately. On Oct. 1, a court commissioner ordered her to temporarily relinquish custody of her two young sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline, citing concerns over Spears' drug and alcohol use.
She was in court last week to appeal the order and was granted one overnight stay a week with her boys, but the visits must be monitored.