[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Optimizzin Al-gorithym) writes:
> [re Kirkland, Jim Bell, etc.]
>
>
>http://latimes.com/news/local/la-000011272feb13.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia
>
> Stalking Law Called Too Narrow for Meg Ryan Fan Crime: Officials must
> prove he meant to cause fear when he broke into a Malibu home he
> thought was actress'.
>
> By ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
>
> John Michael Hughes gave a simple, if incredible, explanation to
> sheriff's deputies for why he broke into a Malibu house last month.
> His fiancee forgot to leave a key under the mat, so he had to smash
> the bedroom window to climb inside.
>
> The woman Hughes calls his fiancee is actress Meg Ryan, who says she
> has never met the 30-year-old former real estate agent from Florida.
>
> Hughes, who was also convicted last year of attempting to enter
> President Bush's Texas ranch with firearms, reacted with disbelief
> when a detective told him he was not engaged to Ryan. Hughes said
> that no matter where in the world Ryan was, he would find her.
> Though Hughes might seem like an ideal candidate for charges under
> California's anti-stalking law, prosecutors say he doesn't fit the
> narrow legal definition of a stalker because they cannot prove that he
> intended to cause fear in the actress--no matter how fearful she now
> is. Although the state has made great strides in the last decade in
> cracking down on stalkers, prosecutors say, the Hughes case highlights
> weaknesses that remain.
>
> <snip>
