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Halle Berry stalking suspect arrested in Hollywood

July 12, 2011

(CNN) — A man has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of making several attempts to enter the property of actress Halle Berry, police said Tuesday.

Off-duty officers hired by Berry called police in the Hollywood area late Monday night and said they were holding a burglary suspect at her home.

The man, who was identified by police as 27-year-old Richard Franco, was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of felony stalking. He is in a Hollywood jail.

A resident of the property identified him as the same man who had climbed over a locked security gate into the property several times over the past few days, police said.

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Anthony cops defend case to reporters

Orlando (CNN) — The detectives who built the murder case against Casey Anthony said Tuesday they stand behind their evidence but urge the public to respect the jury’s acquittal of her.

“In any case — especially a case with this many witnesses and this much evidence — you can always look back and improve on what you have done,” Orange County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. John Allen told reporters. “I don’t know if anybody up here can think of anything we could have done differently that would change the outcome.”

Anthony was found not guilty last week on felony charges, including capital murder, in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. She was convicted of four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators. In a related issue, prosecutors announced Tuesday that Anthony’s mother, Cindy Anthony, won’t face perjury charges stemming from her testimony in the trial.

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