Selena Gomez's Stalker Arrested for Breaking Into Her Calabasas Home for a Second Time
Less than a week after having a man arrested for breaking into her Calabasas home, Selena Gomez's stalker has been arrested -- again -- and this time for felony stalking!
According to The Wire, the man who broke into her house last week was arrested and originally sentenced to 45 days in jail. Sounds good... except, being that this is L.A., the jails have a problem with "overcrowding" and he was released back onto the streets just two days later. Needless to say, he wasted no time in going back to Selena's house and breaking in again.
This time, the LAPD arrested Che Cruz on Friday and charged him with felony stalking and violation of a protective order, according to TMZ. If the felony charges stick, he will remain behind jail for a longer period of time than 48 hours. If, however, the charges are once again knocked down to a misdemeanor -- and who knows, given that this is Los Angeles, and "celebrity justice" is different from all the rest of justice -- jail will, once again, be a revolving door.
Why is the LAPD not taking this threat seriously? Is it because it's against a celebrity? Against a woman? Because no weapons were used? Will they only begin to take stalking seriously when something causing grave bodily injury happens?
California statute is pretty clear on the matter: per Section 422 of the state's penal law, "any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family's safety, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison."
It's time for the LAPD to take the matter of stalking seriously, and not put people in deliberate danger. And if their concern is "overcrowding," perhaps they should release those people who are in there on minor traffic violations and smoking a joint, and keep violent stalkers behind bars. It may not be much, but it's a start.
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