Celebrity Justice
Mindy McCready -- Wanted Woman

UPDATE: TMZ has confirmed that Mindy McCready is now in police custody. She was arrested at the Nashville International Airport moments ago. Airport Police and Williamson County Sheriff's Deputies arrested her after she got off a Southwest Airlines flight. Let's hope she was in Group C!

Police in Tennessee are on the lookout for a former country singer with a huge gash on her face, after a warrant was issued for her arrest earlier today.click to launch

Cops tell TMZ that Mindy McCready violated her probation when she was arrested in Florida on charges of battery and resisting arrest, after allegedly getting into it with her moms ... and then cops. McCready was sentenced to probation in 2004 after being convicted on a prescription drug fraud charge.

In the order, filed in Williamson County, Tenn. in November of 2004, Mindy was ordered to serve three years probation -- meaning she only had a few months left to go.

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16. What a waste...this was really hot woman with a voice to go with it....what a waste of talent....she can come spend time here at my house and get some real intervention.

Posted at 6:11PM on Jul 25th 2007 by big stevie

17. OMG and the beat goes on!

Posted at 6:14PM on Jul 25th 2007 by LRT

18. FUGLY

Posted at 6:27PM on Jul 25th 2007 by anonymous

19. It is so tragic that she threw away a promising career and ruined her life.
I saw this young woman back in the late 90's at a concert in St. Louis and again when
she made an unannounced appearance at a Brian White concert I think was in 2000.
She was lovely and talented and had everything going for her. She seemed to spiral
down shortly after her broken engagement.
I only hope that she has reached rock bottom so that maybe she can turn her life
around. She has a young child who needs her.

Posted at 6:27PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Helen

20. This is sad. I can't believe they picked her up directly at the airport and didn't allow her to turn herself in at the jail. I mean she was headed back to Nashville,not running away.

Posted at 6:45PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Christina

21. get well soon mindy!
A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)
take care.

Posted at 7:02PM on Jul 25th 2007 by stinkum

22. whooooosa she's a little bit country and she's alittle bit rock n roll!!!

Posted at 6:53PM on Jul 25th 2007 by CreditCardsR.Us

23. Hey! I live in Williamson County! We're in the NEWS! YEA! And, Mindy McCready STAYS in trouble. And, she only had one hit, as far as I know...If I could sing like that, I'd make a million bucks as opposed to doing Oxycontin and beating on my mommy.

Posted at 7:05PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Pammy Wammy

24. Can someone tell me who this is? Actress, singer, what??

Posted at 7:20PM on Jul 25th 2007 by cleveland1

25. # 9 It means her Mom is a lesbian!

Posted at 7:21PM on Jul 25th 2007 by varrick

26. Oh well..."Guy's do it all the time"

Posted at 8:03PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Ripley

27. Doesn't Mindy have a baby (he is probably a toddler now) with her abusive ex? If so was the baby with her? That poor little one. It is so sad when a child is involved.

Posted at 7:43PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Kristin

28. My, my, my, where do I begin? This woman is starting to remind me of "Candy Slice", an SNL character that the late Gilda Radner played brilliantly in the late 70s.

The Candy Slice character was a rock star (rumored to be modelled after rocker Patti Smith) addicted to cocaine, constantly appeared and acted wasted, and even wretched while singing her outlandish rock numbers. Her cut "Gimme Mick" (song about Mick Jagger) was a riotous comedic success. Drug-oriented humor was very prominent in American pop culture in those days.

OK, I am showing my age. My point is: roll the calendar forward several decades, change the genre of the music, replace "Candy" with "Mindy", move the location from NYC to the South, and there you are.

Only no one is laughing at this spectacle. This destructive pattern with these nouveaux riches celebrity types happens over and over, generation after generation. It's just so sad.

Posted at 8:01PM on Jul 25th 2007 by mushmouth

29. Who the crap is that? Mindy Mc-I-don't-give-a-hoot.

Posted at 1:03AM on Jul 31st 2007 by Laurel

30. I am saddened only that she has a small child that has to bear witness to the craziness. I can only hope she pulls herself together for her child... trainwreck is right!

Posted at 8:21PM on Jul 25th 2007 by dgross247

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