When was amber portwood in jail

Eventually, Portwood faced felony domestic violence charges stemming from the episodes where she could be seen shoving, slapping, punching, and choking Shirley, according to CNN. Two of the three charges she faced were because baby Leah had witnessed the violence, according to police.

According to Indiana state court records, Portwood pleaded guilty to two counts of domestic battery and two other charges were dismissed. She was given credit for the two days she spent behind bars after her arrest. She was also given probation and a fine. In the summer of , Portwood tried to commit suicide and subsequently entered rehab.

In December , Shirley was awarded full custody of 3-year-old Leah and Amber was arrested after she was accused of violating her probation. According to CBS News , the probation revocation came after Portwood was involved in a fight the previous month where she was accused of battery and public intoxication. She also did not obtain her GED or complete the anger management classes that were both terms of her probation. She spent a month in jail at this point.

In December , Portwood was charged with possession of a controlled substance after police said she was found with prescription pills, according to CBS News.

She had avoided prison with a plea deal that included drug rehab, but she dropped out of the program last month. Portwood, 22, was arrested on May 24 for violating her drug court probation requirements by failing a urine test and then lying about it, Prosecuting Attorney Rodney Cummings said. That violation may not have caused probation to be revoked, since probationers are given two or three opportunities, "but she just opted out," Cummings said.

She could also potentially receive a day reduction for completing a drug rehab program while in prison. Portwood was first arrested on felony domestic violence charges in November stemming from incidents filmed on the reality TV show. She was often seen physically attacking her then-boyfriend, and father of her child, Gary Shirley. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day.

Police said in a statement to E! News that on Friday just after a. Upon arrival, they spoke to a male victim who stated that he and Portwood, his live-in-girlfriend, had gotten into a disagreement and that she assaulted him while he was holding their one-year-old child. Police said officers spoke to Portwood at the scene and then arrested her for her alleged actions in this incident.

Reps for Portwood and her boyfriend Andrew Glennon , father of their one-year-old son James , have not commented publicly.