Lindsay Lohan knocks a photographer over with her car

Various members of the paparazzi followed in their own cars and report that she began to jump lights and drive recklessly and after turning down a one-way street the convoy was pulled over by police.

Lindsay says the photographer aggressively cornered her, jumping on the hood of her vehicle.

According to the New York Post, Lohan told cops she was driving friends in her mom's 2004 BMW when they pulled up to Manhattan's trendy Hotel Gansevoort at about 3 a.m. to dodge paparazzi, who swarmed her in the valet lane.

One photographer, identified as Giovanni Arnold, even jumped on the hood of Lohan's car, the actress told police.

Arnold's employer, INF Photo, claims that Arnold was standing in front of Lohan's BMW when she flipped it into reverse and then drive, knocking him down.

The photographer ended up at St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.

"She got out of the car to look at Giovanni on the ground as she's talking to a cop, and then she's allowed to leave," said Dawn Leikness, INF sales director.

"The other photographers there threw a fit that she was allowed to leave. The cops then asked her friends to call her to come back, and she came back."

Meanwhile, the star's father, Michael Lohan, was released Tuesday from the Collins Correctional Facility in western New York.

When asked outside the office if he had a message for his estranged daughter, he told Splash News, "I love her, and I'm here for her."

Michael, 46, spent about 20 months behind bars for a DUI conviction.

In other news, Lindsay Lohan has landed a new gig: The stunning actress, who checked out of L.A.'s Wonderland rehab facility on Feb. 16 after a 30-day stay, has expanded her family! "She just bought two puppies, Dakota and Brooklyn," her rep tells Star exclusively.