Former teen idol David Cassidy faces his third drunken driving charge after being stopped for an illegal turn in Los Angeles on Friday night . Cassidy , 63 , blew .19 % -- twice the legal level -- on an alcohol test administered by the California Highway Patrol officer who stopped the singer-actor 's rented Chevrolet Impala , according to a CHP statement Saturday . The former star of the TV series `` The Partridge Family '' was booked in a Los Angeles jail on a driving under the influence of alcohol charge early Saturday , the statement said . Jail records show he was freed on $ 15,000 bond several hours later . `` Cassidy was observed making a right turn on a red light , in violation of a black and white regulatory sign indicating , 'No Right Turn On Red , ' '' the CHP said . The traffic stop happened off the 405 Freeway , near the Los Angeles International Airport . The officer noticed `` the odor of an alcoholic beverage was emitting from the vehicle '' when he approached Cassidy , who was alone in the car , the release said . Cassidy was arrested on a drunken driving charge in Schodack , New York , last August after he failed to dim his car 's headlights at a police checkpoint , according to the police report . He blew a .10 in the Breathalyzer device , the report said . The legal blood alcohol limit is .08 in New York . Cassidy , who lives in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , entered a no contest plea as a first-time offender in February 2011 to a drunken driving charge that followed a November 2010 arrest in Florida . He was sentenced to a year 's probation and his driver 's license was suspended for six months for that conviction . He also attended a DUI school , paid a $ 500 fine and served 50 hours of community service . On the TV series , Cassidy played the eldest of five children of a widowed mother ( Shirley Jones , who was Cassidy 's real-life stepmother ) . The family , all musicians , traveled to gigs in a repainted school bus . When the show was canceled after four seasons , Cassidy launched his own pop music career , filling concert halls with screaming teenage girls attracted to such hits as `` I Think I Love You . ''
Cassidy blew .19 % on an alcohol test , the California Highway Patrol says . Comment: The CHP stopped his car after an illegal turn near the Los Angeles airport , it says . Cassidy starred in the 1970s TV series `` The Partridge Family ''