On Thursday night, actress Amanda Bynes was arrested by New York police after allegedly throwing drug paraphernalia out of her window. The police were called to her Midtown Manhattan West 47th Street,  36^th floor Manhattan apartment.

Police were called to her home after the building manager reported that the 27-year-old actress was smoking an "illegal substance" in the lobby, Christopher Pisano, a New York police spokesman, said.

By the time police arrived, Bynes was already back in her apartment, but let the officers in when they knocked on her door, according to Pisano.

Once officers were inside the apartment they noticed a bong and other marijuana paraphernalia sitting on the actress's coffee table, which she immediately started to throw out the window.

The star, wearing a blonde wig, was seen walking into NYPD's Central Booking from the back of a police van.

She's been charged with tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of marijuana. While the tampering charge is a felony, the other two are misdemeanors.

Officer Pisano said Bynes was charged with endangerment because the paraphernalia could have hit someone below.

This isn't Bynes' first run in with the law. She has a DUI case pending in Southern California as well as a pair of separate hit-and-run incidents against her, though they were dismissed late last year.

Earlier this month, she was sentenced to three years probation for driving on a suspended license.