Car Stolen From Charlie Sheen Found Over Embankment

LOS ANGELES -A luxury car registered to actor Charlie Sheen tumbled around 100 feet off Mulholland Drive in the hills south of the San Fernando Valley today, and police said the “Two and a Half Men” star reported the vehicle stolen.

A “vehicle over the side” was reported in the 13300 block of the winding ridgetop road at 4:06 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

A contingent of 32 firefighters — including two helicopter crews — searched overnight for whoever may have been inside the Mercedes, said Erik Scott of the LAFD.

No victim was found, and rescuers were released from the scene after daybreak, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Bruce Borihanh of the Media Relations Section.

The search was launched after a cell phone caller told the California Highway Patrol that a black vehicle went over the side of the road, said CHP Officer Patrick Kimball.

Sheen reported his car stolen earlier this morning, Borihanh said. “It is being investigated as an auto theft,” Borihanh said.

Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was asked about the case during an appearance on KTLA5 shortly after 8 a.m. “I have no reason to disbelieve what Charlie said,” Beck said, adding that he was a “Two and a Half Men” fan.

The celebrity news Internet site TMZ.com, which first reported that the car was Sheen’s, was told that the actor received a call from a security company around 4 a.m., informing him that an alert was generated indicating that the vehicle had been involved in a wreck and that the airbags had deployed.

Until today, Sheen most recently had been in the news for being arrested in Aspen, Colo., on Christmas Day on suspicion of domestic violence. He was released on bail later that day.

The 44-year-old actor was arrested on suspicion of menacing his wife, Brooke Mueller, 33, with a knife. It is a class-five felony in Colorado that entails using a weapon in a threatening way. He was also booked on suspicion of second-degree assault, which is a class-four felony, and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, police said.

Sheen has a court appearance scheduled for Feb. 8 at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen.