This weekend UCLA alum Heather Locklear did what any washed up celebrity would do: popped some pills and drove like an idiot. A nosy Californian followed Locklear from 4:30 pm til 7 pm, when he or she called the authorities to report Locklear driving back and forth over a pair of sunglasses, revving her engine, and swerving. Though the former soap star tested negative for booze, any half sober person could realize Locklear was wasted on something by checking out her pupils and glassy eyes in the mug shot taken after the incident. The situation may have been averted if only she hadn't run over her sunglasses.

Reuters reports:

Actress Heather Locklear, who sought medical help for depression this year, was arrested this weekend outside the coastal city of Santa Barbara, the California Highway Patrol said on Sunday.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the 47-year-old star of television shows such as "Melrose Place" was arrested on Saturday night.

Celebrity website TMZ.com said she was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription drugs, and that she was released without having to post bail.

A California Highway Patrol official confirmed the arrest but gave no details.

Hell, who wouldn’t pop pills after the shit Locklear’s been through? She married Tommy Lee, dated Scott Baio, and of late has mostly settled into a rut of playing the mothers of young Disney stars in movies like The Perfect Man, starring Hillary Duff. It’s one thing being upstaged by a Disney starlet; it’s another to also play the mom role. If anyone deserves to get shnockered, it’s Locklear. The person who really ought to be reprimanded is the "concerned" creep following her around for two and a half hours.