After months of bizarre behavior, unhinged TikTok videos and suspicion of a relapse, Amanda Conner was arrested on Sunday and charged with DUI, child abuse/neglect and more!
Amanda— who is the wife of “Teen Mom” star Ryan Edwards— was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday near her home in Tennessee, and posed for a crazy looking mugshot. However, the story of how she allegedly got behind bars is even crazier!
As ‘Teen Mom’ fans are aware, Amanda and Ryan are both in recovery for drug addiction. The couple met while they were both at a court-ordered rehab and went on to start a relationship. Not long after, Amanda got pregnant with their daughter Presley and the couple got married as soon as Ryan’s divorce from his first wife Mackenzie was finalized.
Despite her bizarre online behavior (as well as causing a car accident in which she received criminal charges for earlier this year), Amanda has maintained that she is sober. Even after she was fired from her job at a drug rehab facility for refusing to submit to the required drug tests, Amanda continued to state that she was sober.
On Sunday, though, everything changed. According to 911 dispatch call recording, Ryan called 911 on Amanda to report that she had driven off with their baby Presley in the car, when he confronted her and attempted to get her to take a drug test.
“[He] believes she is under the influence of narcotics, believes this because she refused to take a drug test,” the dispatcher told officers heading to the scene.
The dispatcher explained that, according to Ryan, he left the house to go to the Walgreens around 2 a.m. to buy a drug test for Amanda to take. While he was gone, Amanda allegedly put Presley into her car and drove off. Ryan told dispatchers that he was initially able to track Amanda via her phone location, but she eventually turned it off.
“Also be advised, [Amanda] has been awake for two days,” the dispatcher told the officer.
You can listen to the 911 dispatch call below!
Eventually, Amanda turned her location back on and officers were able to meet up with her. She was arrested and charged with a slew of serious offenses– one of which is a felony– which The Ashley will break down here for you.
Child Abuse/Neglect
This is the most-serious charge Amanda is facing, as it is the only felony-level offense she’s been charged with as of press time. She received this charge because she had Presley in the car when she was arrested for DUI. In Tennessee, exposing a child to imminent danger (such as driving under the influence) can constitute abuse. These laws were expanded in 2025 and made harsher.
“A parent or custodian of a child eight (8) years of age or less commits child endangerment who knowingly exposes such child to or knowingly fails to protect such child from abuse or neglect resulting in physical injury or imminent danger to the child,” the law states.
The 2025 law changes expanded what constitutes “child abuse” to include placing a child in danger in by having them in an impaired vehicle.
Implied Consent Law (Drivers)
This basically means that Amanda refused to submit to a breathalyzer, blood or fluid test when asked to do so by the officer. By driving in the state of Tennessee, you are automatically agreeing to submit to a chemical test to determine blood alcohol level (or drug screening) if a police officer has a probable cause to arrest you for driving under the influence. If Amanda refused to do so, she violated Tennessee’s Implied Consent Law. This is a misdemeanor.
As of January 1, 2026, anyone who refuses to take the test will have their driver’s license suspended for 18 months on the first offense. (So it’s safe to say that Amanda will not be posting unhinged TikTok videos filmed while driving any time soon…)
Obviously, Amanda was charged with this because officers believed she was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol when they caught up to her. (The Ashley is working to find out what substance(s) they believed she was using.)
This is a misdemeanor charge.
Driving on Roadways Laned for Traffic (Violation):
This basically means Amanda was seen allegedly making unsafe lane changes. This is a misdemeanor offense.
Once she was finally wrangled and taken to jail, Mrs. Ryan Edwards delivered one hell of a mugshot.
According to court records obtained by The Ashley, Amanda’s four charges have been assigned to—wait for it— Judge Gary Starnes, the same judge who gave Ryan chance after chance in his own legal cases around 2023-2024.
Her court date is scheduled for June 3.
As The Ashley previously told you, Amanda is currently on probation for a car accident she caused in February that caused bodily injury. The mom of two was cited for the alleged crime but not arrested. She went on to guilty to Failure to Yield Right of Way (Bodily Injury). While the judge sentenced Amanda to 30 days in the county workhouse, her sentence was suspended on “good behavior” and she only received probation. It is likely that probation will be revoked due to these new charges.
UPDATE! Amanda has been released from jail. She had previously been held on a $10,000 bond. It appears, though that her bond at release was $16,000. One of the conditions for her release is that she wear an ankle monitor. She is also forbidden to have contact with her daughter, Presley (who was her alleged victim of the child abuse/neglect charge), presumably at least until her June 3 court date.
The Ashley will have more info on this arrest soon. Stay tuned…
23 Responses
Just because one partner is using drugs, doesn’t mean their both using drugs. Stop assuming things! Ryan could’ve been in denial that she was using again until now and finally opened his eyes. He called 911, he most likely wouldn’t have if he was also using.
I believe 100% Ryan has been using too.
His looks from two years ago, when he was really clean, to now have drastically changed. His eyes are sunken in- face looks gaunt. He looks like he’s on a stimulate- not opiates.
We all know she’s been acting like she’s on meth for a long time- ( she’s lost a lot of weight, etc etc etc etc .)
Also— This isn’t coming from a place of judgement. I’ve been there, unfortunately.
I, and I’m sure many others, have seen the signs regarding her AND Ryan.
Mackenzie and Maci, I believe, have known something was up for a while … hence Maci never comes around anymore, neither does Bentley, and Mack’s two kids are no longer allowed over there even after a judge ordered they could be. 😬
So sad.
Jumping into a relationship, highly publicized at that, and then getting pregnant- not even a year after she first got sober was very risky. Postpartum is no joke (not sure if she had that thought). That’s why it’s very highly recommended/encouraged to stay single at least the first year of sobriety— as we all know. Hindsight is 20/20 though.
Praying for them- esp all the innocent kids involved- including her precious son that she just got custody of 1.5 years ago.
Thank God Presley wasn’t injured or anyone else for that matter.
We saw this coming a mile away. It’s sad there are kids involved. What a mess.
Her last Tiktok is still up, it’s kind of disturbing after realizing that was she filmed it after being up two days. One vid has Ryan conked out in the bed behind her. Ppl have been calling her out on her content as it got more and more erratic.
She looks like a doped out road whore lol
@theashley can you confirm if Judge Starnes is about to, or recently just did have surgery for a brain tumor to be followed by chemo?
@Fraulein– Yes this is true, based on a post to his personal facebook on May 19. Not sure why he was assigned Amanda’s case given this! -The Ashley
Holy. Shit.
It’s even worse than I imagined.
I feel sorry for the children who have been brought into this mess and now will undoubtedly be forever impacted in life. My heart hurts for them. I hope by some miracle they can rise above their parents and be okay in life.
Which one of you sick monsters down voted this comment
Well well well
For Ryan to make the call, means this must be very serious. And yeah, finding out that she took your baby out of bed in the middle of the night to drive off while impaired is terrifying. What’s even more terrifying is that Ryan is apparently the stable parent.
I wonder if her son can go back to his grandma since she’s the one who raised him for most of his life. He shouldn’t be in Amanda’s custody.
I hate that this was inevitable, but it was.
Amanda hasn’t been sober for more than a day, at most, since leaving rehab. She’s been denying it, but she wasn’t even sober while pregnant. It’s obvious to the world that she isn’t fit to have children even around her.
I feel horrible for her son who damn well knows his mom is a junkie who cares more about drugs and alcohol than him. He’s always known this. Presley is just too little to know it… yet.
This is so sad for the children that it’s hard to even snark. Jen will finally get a girl to raise and hopefully it turns out better for Presley.
Doesn’t Rhine have a daughter with Mac Truck?
True, but Jen will probably wind up raising Presley as her own.
She’s obviously on drugs again.. I kinda expected this but at the same time I’m shocked tbh
This won’t be the first, or last, arrest. Rhine’s going to give her another chance and she will go to rehab with little repercussions due to the Edwards’ ties to the NC court system. Let’s hope that Mimi and Larry insist that the baby stays with them for the time being.
If you’re innocent or sober why refuse the test?
Imo she’s relapsed.
*shock* I bet macis stupid smile isn’t plastered on her now! She tried pushing the Amanda and Ryan narrative soo hard.
In order for Ryan to call the police, you just know that she had to be totally off her nut.
👆 THIS 👆
Exactly what I was thinking. You know it’s bad when Ryan is the most sensible and responsible person in the room.
Why would he leave the baby with her to buy a drug test. If she’s under the influence she should be left to care for the baby. I get it’s 2am and she was probably sleeping but still…