Bynes was given a citation and released from police custody

Whitney Houston's funeral reportedly cost burberry handbags the singer's hometown $187,000 in police overtime, and some residents of Newark, N.J., are not pleased by the idea of taxpayers picking up the tab.

"I think it was a waste of time.... It makes you think twice saying was it worth it or not," resident Minerva DelValle told the local CBS News affiliate on Friday. Another resident said he thought the family should cover the bill.

Houston's funeral, though televised, was strictly invite-only. Newark Councilwoman Mildren Crump defended the police presence, Ray ban sunglasses telling WCBS that she witnessed thousands of people who were desperate to attend but were held back safely by law enforcement at barricades.

In contrast to the Newark situation, the estimated $150,000 to police Michael Jackson's private funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale in 2009 was covered by that pop star's estate up front. The overtime budget for Glendale's police department in fiscal 2009 was just under $2.8 million, with regular salaries around $35 million.

The estimated $1-million bill for Los Angeles Police Department overtime generated around the public Michael Jackson memorial service at Staples Center was the subject of a yearlong fight, however. Concert promoter AEG ultimately agreeing to pay $1 million Oakley sunglasses to the city's general fund and $300,000 to the Los Angeles Police Foundation for equipment.

About 17,500 fans were able to secure free tickets to the memorial, which was also televised worldwide. In Newark, no fans were able to attend the service.

The overall budget for the LAPD in fiscal 2009 was just under $1.2 billion, with about $700 million going to the patrol and burberry watches traffic control departments.

Newark's police overtime budget in fiscal 2011 is $4 million, on top of a total regular-salary budget of around $113 million — though the overall number does include $2.2 million for crossing guards.

Houston died in Beverly Hills on Feb. 11, the night before the 2012 Grammy Awards. It was revealed last week that was found face down in her hotel bathroom burberry ties after accidentally drowning, with cocaine use and a heart condition contributing to her death.

Amanda Bynes was arrested in Los Angeles last Friday on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge after reportedly getting into a minor accident with a Los Angeles Police Department officer. The "Easy A" and "She's the Man" actress has not yet released a statement on the incident, but Bynes' father recently told People magazine that his burberry socks for women daughter was not intoxicated at the time of her arrest.

"She was not drunk," Rick Bynes told the mag. "I was told that she blew a zero on the Breathalyzer. She didn't have a single drink that night. My daughter doesn't drink."

Poppa Bynes went on to say that the police officer who arrested his daughter was at fault because he pulled out in front of her as she was turning. He blamed the actress' seemingly intoxicated behavior on her being "upset and very emotional" in getting arrested. Juicy Couture sunglasses, cheap Juicy Couture glasses sale.

According to TMZ, Bynes' emotional state wasn't so compromised that she couldn't resume partying that same night. The site claims the actress and a few of her friends attempted to return to the bar at the Standard Hotel in Hollywood just hours after her arrest but were denied re-entrance by hotel staff.

Bynes was given a citation and released from police custody on $5,000 bail. She will have to report to court when a hearing date is set.

A few months before the release of "Easy A" in 2010, Bynes declared on Twitter that she didn't enjoy performing anymore and planned to retire from acting. Her retirement lasted all of 35 days, as she tweeted in late July of 2010 that louis vuitton womenswear she was "unretired."

Amanda's dad cited his daughter's break from acting as the reason the tabloids go after her. "She is a good girl," Rick Bynes told People. "She just chooses not to work, and because of that, people go after her."