Sheriff: Enough evidence against Lohan

Police in Southern California have completed investigation of a battery charge involving Lindsay Lohan and a staffer at the Betty Ford Center, and are turning over their findings to the Riverside County district attorney's office - even though the staffer Tuesday faxed the police to say she no longer wishes to press charges.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department and Palm Desert Police Department said in a statement that they will also send a copy of their report to the Los Angeles Probation Office.

Lohan, 24, scuffled with Dawn Holland, a chemical-dependency technician at the center, after arriving back past curfew on Dec. 12. The "Mean Girls" star was released Monday from inpatient substance-abuse therapy in connection with probation violation stemming from her 2007 DUI conviction.

Shawn Chapman Holley, Lohan's attorney, said in a statement Tuesday, "The important, yet limited, investigatory role of the police to gather facts and collect evidence is well-established. The fact that the Palm Desert Police Department went outside this limited role to issue a press statement expressing its opinion about what should happen in Ms. Lohan's case is highly unusual and deeply troubling."

Lohan is scheduled for a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Beverly Hills on Feb. 25.