Country singer Mindy McCready jailed in Florida

A spokeswoman for the Pinellas County sheriff’s department said McCready was jailed early Friday night on an arrest warrant issued Aug. 8.

According to the warrant, McCready left Tennessee without getting permission from her probation officer and didn’t report to the officer during July.

Authorities said this was McCready’s second probation violation, which means she cannot post bond this time and likely will have to serve time in jail.

The probation violations stem from charges brought against the singer last year, when she pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy in Williamson County. She was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

McCready violated her probation May 6 when she was charged with driving under the influence in Nashville. She posted a $5,000 bond in Franklin, according to sheriff’s records.

A few days later, McCready’s boyfriend, William McKnight, was charged with attempted murder after allegedly breaking into her home and beating her.

Last month, McCready was released from a Florida hospital after an apparent suicide attempt at an Indian Rocks Beach hotel, authorities said.

The 28-year-old singer had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with “Guys Do It All the Time.”