Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Lindsay Lohan has decided to enter a no contest plea this week -- the equivalent to a guilty plea -- to a misdemeanor theft charge , a source close to the actress said Monday . While a judge has already sentenced Lohan to 120 days in jail for violating her drunk driving probation with the charge , she is likely to serve no more than two weeks , according to a Los Angeles sheriff 's spokesman . Probation officials , in a sentencing report that would be presented to the judge , could recommend that Lohan complete her sentence at home wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet , sheriff 's spokesman Steve Whitmore said . Lohan 's trial for allegedly stealing a necklace from a Venice , California , jewelry store was scheduled for June 3 , with a pre-trial hearing to be held Wednesday . The source close to Lohan , who asked not to be named , said the actress would use this week 's hearing to enter her plea . Getting the threat of jail time behind her could be important for Lohan 's acting career , considering she 's been cast in the `` Gotti '' movie , which is set for production in October . A new prosecutor took over the case last week , opening the door for new talks on a plea deal . When Lohan rejected a plea deal last March and decided to take the theft charge to trial , it was a felony case . Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers was insisting she go to jail at least for several months . But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner reduced it to a misdemeanor charge , which took it out of Meyers ' jurisdiction . She handed the case off to the Los Angeles city attorney last Wednesday . Sautner allowed Lohan to remain free on bond while she appealed the 120-day probation violation sentence . The actress has already reported to the Los Angeles Downtown Women 's Center where she must serve 360 hours of community service . Lohan must also work 120 hours at the county morgue , the judge ordered . If Sautner gives Lohan no additional jail time on the misdemeanor theft charge , she could be free in just two weeks , based on guidelines explained by Whitmore . The 120-day sentence is reduced to 71 days when the state formula for `` good time '' is applied off the top , Whitmore said . The remaining sentence becomes just 14 days served under the sheriff 's guidelines to reduce jail overcrowding , he said . Female inmates locked up for non-violent offenses get out after serving just 20 percent of the sentence , he said . Lohan 's probation officer could recommend that she serve no jail time , but instead be fitted for an electronic ankle bracelet and ordered to stay at home for a time to be determined , Whitmore said . But Sautner could have the final word , insisting on a minimum amount of jail time for Lohan , he said . Lohan was just weeks away from being free from supervised probation stemming from two drunk driving convictions in 2007 when she was charged with felony grand theft . She allegedly walked out of the Venice jewelry store with a diamond-and-gold necklace around her neck that had not been purchased . The alleged theft happened just three weeks after the actress completed three months of drug rehab . She checked into the Betty Ford Clinic only after another judge ordered her to jail for a month after finding she violated probation with a failed drug test . At that time , prosecutor Meyers asked the judge to send the actress to jail for 180 days . `` I 'm not quite sure we 've gotten her attention yet , '' Meyers said at an October hearing . Meyers argued that Lohan has a pattern of checking into rehab `` every time she has a violation and jail is leering over her head . '' But Meyers is now out of Lohan 's legal life . Other than a few hours waiting in jail for bonds to be posted , Lohan has served just 13 days behind bars . That happened in August , when the sheriff let her out early from a 90-day probation-violation sentence .
A trial is set for her in Lohan 's theft case . The girl will spend just 14 days in jail or at least , a sheriff 's spokesman says . She is already doing community service . She is charged with stealing a necklace from a jewelry store .