{"id":1492,"date":"2025-03-23T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2025-03-23T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:10:49","slug":"uga-student-lily-stewart-arrested-again-weeks-after-viral-smiling-mugshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"UGA student Lily Stewart arrested again weeks after viral smiling mugshot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lily Stewart, the University of Georgia (UGA) sophomore who gained viral fame for her smiling mugshot earlier this month, has been arrested again.<\/p>\n<p>According to Athens-Clarke County records, Stewart, 20, was taken into custody on March 23 by UGA police on charges of obstruction of a law enforcement officer and loitering\/prowling. She was booked at 5:26 a.m. and later released on a $4,000 bond shortly before 11 a.m. TMZ first reported the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The UGA Police Department and the Clark County Sheriff&#8217;s Office have yet to release further details regarding the incident. Stewart has not made a public statement.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest arrest comes just weeks after her March 8 mugshot went viral. The image, featuring Stewart smiling with a fresh blowout and pearl earrings, quickly spread across social media. She had been arrested at the time for speeding at 85 mph in a 55-mph zone while heading to a fraternity party in Milledgeville, Georgia. Following that incident, she paid a $440 bond and later completed a defensive driving course, 20 hours of community service, and a paper on the dangers of speeding.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her legal troubles, Stewart&#8217;s viral fame led to thousands of new social media followers and widespread internet commentary. Authorities previously stated they hoped she would learn from her experience.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lily Stewart, the University of Georgia (UGA) sophomore who gained viral fame for her smiling mugshot earlier this month, has been arrested again. According to Athens-Clarke County records, Stewart, 20, was taken into custody on March 23 by UGA police on charges of obstruction of a law enforcement officer and loitering\/prowling. She was booked at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}