Conner has been charged with driving under the influence, child abuse/neglect and driving on the wrong side of the road
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- Amanda Conner, the wife of Teen Mom alum Ryan Edwards, was arrested in Tennessee and charged with DUI and child abuse/neglect after allegedly driving under the influence with their baby in the car
- Edwards reportedly called 911 to report the incident
- In 2025, the couple welcomed their first baby together and got married after Edwards finalized his divorce to his ex-wife
Amanda Conner, the wife of Teen Mom alum Ryan Edwards, has been arrested and booked on a DUI charge after allegedly driving under the influence with their baby in the car.
Court records in Hamilton County, Tenn. show that Conner, 35, was arrested on Sunday, May 24, by a Chattanooga police officer.
She has been charged with driving under the influence, child abuse/neglect as well as driving on the wrong side of the road, per TMZ. According to the outlet, her bond was set at $16,000. By about 3 p.m. local time, she had not yet been released on bond.
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TMZ reported that if she posts bond, Conner will be required to abide by a no-contact order regarding the child involved in the incident until at least her next court hearing, which is set for June 3, court records show.
Conner is not allowed to be near the child, and she cannot contact the person who will be taking care of the child, the outlet reported.
In audio of a 911 call obtained by TMZ and shared on social media, a dispatcher can be heard informing authorities that a husband called the police on his wife to say that she had left with “their baby” in the car. The dispatcher also says that the caller said he was worried his wife was using narcotics because she refused to be drug tested.
No names are given during the call.
Edwards, 38, proposed to Conner in 2024 and the couple got married in 2025, two weeks after finalizing his divorce from Mackenzie Standifer on Aug. 15.
They share 1-year-old daughter Presley, and Edwards is also father to 17-year-old son Bentley, whom he shares with ex-fiancée 16 and Pregnant's Maci Bookout McKinney. He is also dad to son Jagger, 7, and daughter Stella, 6, with Standifer.
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Court records viewed by PEOPLE show that Conner previously pleaded guilty to DUI and possession of a controlled substance in 2023. She has also pleaded guilty to a number of other charges beginning in 2010, including theft, possession of marijuana and failure to appear.
As for Edwards, he revealed on the Teen Mom: Next Chapter reunion in October 2023 that he was five months sober. In an episode of Teen Mom: Next Chapter over the summer, he told Bookout that he planned to go to a rehab center in Austin for 30 to 45 days.
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In April 2023, Edwards was arrested for violating the terms of his probation. The former television personality was initially charged with possession of a controlled substance and a DUI, according to an arrest affidavit previously obtained by PEOPLE. He pleaded guilty to the charges while accepting a plea deal, per In Touch and Yahoo News, which reported he served 48 hours in jail, was ordered to pay a $465 fine and court costs, lost his license for a year and had to attend DUI school.
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