Joanne Baldwin, wife of actor Daniel Baldwin was sentenced to ten days in jail for violating her DUI probation…for drinking alcohol. California DUI probation always includes a condition that you not drive with any measurable amount of alcohol in your system but it only sometimes includes a condition that you must completely abstain from drinking alcohol.
This type of California DUI probation condition must have been part of a plea bargain or a judge-imposed condition based on Baldwin’s history of alcohol abuse. Another condition of California DUI probation is that you cannot violate any other laws. The reason that Baldwin was arrested is because Daniel called the police after she allegedly threatened to kill him while she was drunk. This type of threat is considered a criminal threat and could have by itself subjected Baldwin to a probation violation.
The judge has ordered Baldwin to wear a SCRAM ankle bracelet which will monitor her alcohol intake. If she consumes any alcohol, the bracelet will transmit that fact to the monitoring agency, setting her up for another DUI probation violation.
