This Stone Temple Pilot has landed safely in jail.

Scott Weiland checked into a Van Nuys, Calif., jail this morning to begin serving an eight-day stretch for driving under the influence, stemming from his November bust after a minor fender bender on a Los Angeles-area freeway.

Per the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the alt-rocker showed up around 8:55 a.m. but wasn’t booked until 12:15 p.m.

Weiland was sentenced April 28 after pleading no contest to misdemeanor DUI, his second conviction in four years. He also was put on four years probation, ordered to complete an 18-month alcohol program and fined nearly $2,000.

So far, it’s unclear as to how he’s planning to make the Stone Temple Pilots’ May 17 gig at the Rock on the Range Festival in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, minus some time off for good behavior or, as has befallen many a celebrity before him, early release due to overcrowding within the county jail system.

According to STP’s website, the group is still planning to rock the Buckeye State this weekend.

An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer pleaded guilty Thursday in a drunken-driving case.

Officer Geoffrey Barbieri, 34, was driving his IMPD cruiser off duty when he was involved in a December crash with another car in snowy conditions. Attorney John Kautzman said the other driver was faulted. But Barbieri’s blood-alcohol content was 0.08, the level at which an Indiana driver is considered drunk.

An IMPD spokesman said Barbieri already has served a 45-day suspension from work.

A former central Kentucky school bus driver involved in a crash has been charged with DUI after a laboratory test showed evidence she had used marijuana.

Lebanon Junction Police also charged Tammy Capps with 50 counts of wanton endangerment - one for each student on the bus.

Bullitt County Deputy Court Clerk Marci Hodges says Capps pleaded not guilty Friday morning. Hodges says no public defender has been assigned.

Bullitt County Schools attorney Eric Farris said Friday the school superintendent fired Capps on Wednesday after getting the lab results. Farris said a sample from Capps was collected May 12, the same day the bus she operated rolled onto its side.

Several students were taken to hospitals, but none were seriously injured.

Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano was convicted Thursday on federal racketeering charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and contract disputes against the rich and famous.

Pellicano, 64, was accused of wiretapping stars such as Sylvester Stallone. He also allegedly ran the names of others, such as Gary Shandling and Kevin Nealon, through law enforcement databases to help clients in legal and other disputes.

Pellicano was convicted of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy counts. Verdicts on dozens of other counts were still being announced in court.

The indictment charging Pellicano and his supporting cast in February 2006 had Hollywood buzzing with speculation about who might be snared in the investigation and what secrets might be revealed.

Fourteen people were charged and seven, including film director John McTiernan and former Hollywood Records president Robert Pfeifer, have pleaded guilty to charges including perjury and conspiracy.

But the biggest power brokers with links to the private eye, such as famed entertainment attorney Bert Fields, Paramount studio head Brad Grey and one-time superagent Michael Ovitz, insisted they didn’t know about Pellicano’s methods and weren’t charged.

Pellicano starred in the real-time court drama as a tough-talking gumshoe who valued loyalty and secrecy as necessary virtues in his profession.

He also acted as his own attorney but called only one witness and rarely raised objections when prosecutors questioned his alleged victims.

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The actor pleaded no contest to his famous DUI when he used anti-Semitic language and was given three years of probation.

After attending AA and court-mandated DUI meetings, he has been given the ‘all clear’ by the Malibu courts.  The Judge stated, “You’re well on your way to success.”

Gibson will remain on probation for 18 more months but is no longer required to check in with the court for progress reports.