Bobby Brown spends only 8 hours in jail

Singer Bobby Brown is now wearing an electronic ankle bracelet and is out of jail after serving eight hours behind bars in connection with a DUI conviction, sheriff's officials said Thursday.

Brown, who was part of the group New Edition and for a time had a successful solo career, reported to court Wednesday to begin serving his sentence of 55 days in jail and four years of informal probation after pleading no contest in February to a DUI charge, one of two such offenses last year by the singer.

Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said Brown was likely to serve no more than nine days in County Jail because of overcrowding, as well as time off for good behavior and credit for "good time work time." But Whitmore also noted the sentence could be influenced by his county probation officials.

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It was their decision to place Brown on an electronic ankle bracelet, Whitmore said. The exact requirements were not available, Whitmore said, but inmates typically cannot travel outside their homes for the time they are under electronic monitoring.

In addition to the jail time for pleas related to drunk driving, driving on a suspended license and a probation violation for a prior DUI incident, Brown also must complete an 18-month alcohol-treatment program and attend three Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week.

Brown, once married to the late Whitney Houston, had been sentenced to a day in jail and three years' probation for the March 26, 2012, arrest, which took place in the San Fernando Valley after officers with the California Highway Patrol spotted him talking on his cellphone while driving.

The second arrest, also in the Valley, took place Oct. 24.

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Whitney Houston: Investigation closed, no foul play

Police have concluded their investigation into Whitney Houston's death in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, determining that the singer’s pre-Grammy Awards death did not involve foul play.

Lt. Mark Rosen, a spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police Department, said investigators based their decision on the coroner’s findings that the singer's death was due to accidental drowning and, in part, the result of cocaine ingestion and a heart condition.

The report found that Houston was submerged in bathwater for nearly an hour before a personal assistant found her dead in the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Whitney Houston: Coroner's report

The 41-page coroner's report provided new details on the death of the 48-year-old singer.

Early on, authorities suspected that some combination of narcotic substances, prescription medications and alcohol played a role in Houston's death.

Houston was last seen alive by her personal assistant Feb. 11 between 2:35 p.m. and 3 p.m., the report stated. Houston had complained of having a lingering sore throat in the days leading up to her death.

Before the assistant left, she told Houston to "take a bath to start getting ready for tonight," referring to a pre-Grammy party thrown by her mentor, producer Clive Davis, according to the report.

The personal assistant left to pick up items at Neiman Marcus and when she returned at 3:36 p.m she found Houston face-down and unresponsive in the bathtub, the report stated. She called out to a bodyguard, the report stated, and they pulled Houston out of the bathtub before the assistant called the front desk and told them to call 911.

Whitney Houston: Cocaine in system not a fatal dose, expert says

An expert who reviewed the Whitney Houston autopsy report said the amount of cocaine found in the singer's system was not a lethal dose.

A final Los Angeles County coroner's report described the singer being discovered submerged face-down in hot water in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel suite with an unidentified white powdery residue left in a spoon on the bathroom counter.

The report released Wednesday confirmed that the 48-year-old singer drowned, with heart disease and cocaine use listed as contributing factors. It concluded that Houston's death was accidental.

DOCUMENT: Final coroner's report on Whitney Houston

A personal assistant found her dead in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the report said. The water was described as "extremely hot," and the singer had scalding burns when she was examined.

Houston had battled drug addiction for years, and the report found that Houston had a perforation in her nose typical of habitual cocaine users.

Toxicology test results showed that she had cocaine in her system at the time of her death. The coroner's office also found traces of several other drugs — including marijuana, the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, the muscle relaxant Flexeril and the over-the-counter allergy remedy Benadryl — in her system.

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Dr. Nachman Brautbar, a toxicologist and professor emeritus at USC who reviewed the toxicology report, said the level of cocaine in Houston's system was not at a toxic level. He estimated that she had taken the cocaine two hours or more before getting in the tub.

Whitney Houston scalded by hot bathtub water, coroner finds

The coroner’s investigation into the death of Whitney Houston came to a close Wednesday with a final autopsy report that described the singer submerged face-down in hot water in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel suite with a unidentified white powdery residue left in a spoon on the bathroom counter.

The report released Wednesday confirmed that the 48-year-old singer drowned in a bathtub, with heart disease and cocaine use listed as contributing factors. It concluded that Houston’s death was accidental.

A personal assistant found her dead in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the report said. The water was described as “extremely hot,” and the singer had scalding burns when she was examined.Houston was last seen alive by her personal assistant Feb. 11 between 2:35 p.m. and 3 p.m., the report stated.

The singer had complained of having a lingering sore throat in the days leading up to her death. Before the assistant left, she told Houston to “take a bath to start getting ready for tonight,” referring to a pre-Grammy party thrown by her mentor producer Clive Davis.

The personal assistant then left to pick up items at Neiman Marcus and returned to the locked hotel room at 3:36 p.m. When she went into the bathroom, she found Houston face-down and unresponsive in the tub, the report stated.

She called out to a bodyguard, the report stated, and they pulled Houston out of the bathtub. The assistant then ran to call the front desk and told them to call 911.

Whitney Houston death: Beverly Hills police to wrap up probe

Beverly Hills police officials said Wednesday that they will be able to wrap up their investigation into Whitney Houston's death after the Los Angeles County coroner released its final report Wednesday.

Lt. Mark Rosen, a spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police Department, said the investigation had been on hold pending release of the final coroner's report. But now investigators will proceed based on those findings, which concluded that the singer's death was accidental and the result of cocaine ingestion and a heart condition.

"We can't finalize the case until we see what's in the report," Rosen said. "We have to review the document and we will take the appropriate course of action based on the coroner's findings."

He offered no timetable for official completion of the Beverly Hills police investigation.

The report found that Houston was submerged in bathwater for nearly an hour before a personal assistant found her dead in the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The report provided new details on the death of the 48-year-old singer who died of a combination of heart trouble and cocaine ingestion, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said in a 41-page final report.

Whitney Houston: Body in hotel bathtub for nearly an hour

Whitney Houston was submerged in bathwater for nearly an hour before a personal assistant found her dead in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, an autopsy report released Wednesday said.

The report provided new details on the death of the 48-year-old singer who died of a combination of heart trouble and cocaine ingestion, the Los Angeles  County coroner's office said in a 41-page final report.

Early on, authorities suspected that some combination of narcotic substances, prescription medications and alcohol played a role in Houston's death. Houston was last seen alive by her personal assistant Feb. 11 between 2:35 p.m. and 3 p.m., the report stated.

DOCUMENT: Final coroner's report on Whitney Houston

Houston had complained of having a lingering sore throat in the days leading up to her death. Before the assistant left, she told Houston to "take a bath to start getting ready for tonight," referring to a pre-Grammy party thrown by her mentor producer Clive Davis.

The personal assistant then left to pick up items at Neiman Marcus and returned to the locked hotel room at 3:36 p.m. When she went into the bathroom, she found Houston face-down and unresponsive in the tub, the report stated.

Spoon with white powder found in Whitney Houston’s hotel room, report says

Investigators found a white, crystalline substance and spoon with residue in the Beverly Hills hotel room where Whitney Houston died in February, according to a final coroner's report released Wednesday.

The report also shows that cocaine and heart disease contributed to her death.

On a bathroom counter were "a small spoon with a white, crystal-like substance in it and a rolled-up piece of white paper, along with other miscellaneous items," it said. In a nearby drawer were  "remnants of a white powdery substance and a portable mirror on a base and on the bottom of that base were more remnants of a white, powdery substance."

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It details the singer's final day, with the singer complaining of a sore throat and assistants suggesting she take a bath before preparing for a pre-Grammy party.

The Grammy-winning singer drowned Feb. 11 in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Her death has been ruled as accidental and coroner's officials cited heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. The ruling ends weeks of speculation over how the pop star died.

Authorities collected several bottles of prescription drugs from Houston's suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was found dead. But officials have said the amounts of drugs did not seem unusually large.

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Singer Bobby Brown charged with three misdemeanors in DUI case

The L.A. city attorney's office charged singer Bobby Brown on Wednesday with three misdemeanor counts following his drunk-driving arrest in Reseda.

Brown faces three misdemeanor counts, include driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08% and driving on a suspended license. Sources said Brown's license had been suspended for the last year because he failed to appear in court in connection with a speeding ticket.

A source familiar with the case said the field sobriety test administered by the CHP on Monday determined Brown was driving his White Mercedes GL 450 with a blood alcohol level of .12% versus the legal limit of .08%.

He faces a maximum of one year in county jail if convicted on all charges.

Officers pulled him over for talking on his cellphone but then administered a field sobriety test.

The arrest comes four days after the Los Angeles County coroner's office released the results of its autopsy of Brown's ex-wife, Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston: Police see no further criminal investigation

Beverly Hills police said the preliminary coroner's report on the death of Whitney Houston raises no issues that would require further criminal investigation.

Detectives from the department have been looking into the circumstances of the singer's death Feb. 11. But based on the coroner's report, Lt. Mark Rosen said the police case will be closed within a few weeks.

“Unless something changes in the final report, this investigation will end,” he said.

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Houston, 48, appears to have used cocaine "in the time period just immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel," said L.A. County Chief Coroner Craig Harvey.

The singer was determined to have accidentally drowned  following an apparent heart episode, with cocaine as a contributing factor.

Officials would not say how much cocaine was in her system. But Harvey, the coroner's operations chief, said the toxicology findings "suggested chronic usage" of the drug.

David Campbell, a retired captain for the coroner's office, said a heart condition is often linked to blockages of blood flow to the heart. Use of cocaine and other narcotics would intensify the dangers, he said.

Cocaine can constrict blood vessels and reduce blood flow, he said.

Whitney Houston used cocaine just before drowning, coroner says

 Whitney Houston appears to have used cocaine "in the time period just immediately prior to her collapse in the bathtub at the hotel," said L.A. County Chief Coroner Craig Harvey.

Houston,48, was determined to have accidentally drowned Feb. 11 following an apparent heart episode with cocaine as contributing factor. A 60% narrowing of Houston's arteries "suggest a cardiac event complicated by the cocaine use" that led to Houston slipping underwater, Harvey said.

"Something happened that caused her to go down and we know that when she slipped under the water she was still alive," he said.

Officials would not say how much of the drug was in her system. But Harvey, the coroner's operations chief, said the toxicology findings "suggested chronic usage" of the drug.

David Campbell, a retired captain for the coroner's office, said a heart condition is often linked to blockages of blood flow to the heart. Use of cocaine and other narcotics would intensify the dangers, he said.

Cocaine can constrict blood vessels and reduce blood flow, he said.