Charlie Sheen arrested on felony charges in Aspen, Colo.

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Charlie Sheen has been arrested in Aspen, Colo., on felony charges related to alleged domestic violence. Police had responded to a 911 call early Christmas morning.

‘Carlos Irwin Estevez, also known as the actor Charles I. Sheen, was brought to the Pitkin County Colorado Jail for booking and incarceration following his arrest by the Aspen Police Department,” sheriff’s patrol director Jeff Lumsden said in a statement.

Police said the victim was not hospitalized, and they did not release a name. TMZ is reporting -- from an unnamed source -- that the woman involved was Sheen’s third wife, Brooke Mueller. The actor married the real estate investor in 2008.

Sheen’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield, cautioned that ‘appearance and reality can be as different as night and day. It would benefit everyone not to jump to any conclusion,’ People magazine reported.

[Updated at 11:41 a.m., Dec. 26, 2009: TMZ reported early Saturday that, according to a law enforcement source, Mueller was legally drunk at the time of the 911 call. Click the link for more info.]

[Updated at 8:58 p.m. Dec. 25, 2009: Sheen was released from Pitkin County Jail around 7 p.m. Friday after posting an $8,500 bond, said Stephanie Dasaro, a spokeswoman with the Aspen Police Department. He is scheduled to appear at the Pitkin County Courthouse on Feb. 8, 2010.

The release also carries ‘standard domestic violence bond conditions,’ the department statement said.

In Colorado, those conditions include no contact with the victim, the victim’s family or any witnesses; no harassing or intimidation of the victim; no entry to the family residence until further order of the court; no consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs; and no possession of guns or other weapons. Arrest on any subsequent criminal offense would be seen as a bail violation, and violation of the conditions of the bond may be deemed contempt of court and could lead to a fine or jail time.]

[Updated at 5:34 p.m. Dec. 25: TMZ also is reporting that Sheen told police Mueller was the aggressor.]

[Updated at 5:51 p.m. Dec. 25: Sheen had gone to Aspen to spend Christmas with Mueller, according to RadarOnline -- the site said Brooke had rented a home in Colorado for about three months while Charlie stayed in Los Angeles.]

The actor, among the highest paid in prime-time TV, earning about half-a-million bucks for each episode of his sitcom ‘Two and a Half Men,’ has a checkered past, including stints in rehab and allegations of spending tens of thousands of dollars on call girls.

Sheen and his second wife, actress Denise Richards, split in 2006, and an ugly, accusation-laden custody battle went on for years afterward. At one time he was engaged to actress Kelly Preston, whom he accidentally shot in the arm.

He has also said that the 9-11 terrorist attack was an inside job, and wants President Obama to further investigate.

Sheen was arrested on felony charges of second-degree assault and menacing, and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief, said Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro.

He will be held without bail in Colorado until he appears in court; the court system is closed for Christmas, and no date for his appearance has been set.

-- Christie D’Zurilla

in February 2008. Credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times.

(bottom) Sheen’s mug shot from his Dec. 25, 2009, arrest in Colorado. Credit: Associated Press.

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