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A mentally unwell stalker drove through the gates of actress Jennifer Aniston’s home this week before security personnel stopped him and called police.
Gate-Crashing Stalker Targets Jennifer Aniston
Police identified the suspected stalker as 48-year-old Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, a native of Mississippi. He crashed his Chrysler through the gates of Aniston’s Bel-Air home Monday morning.
Multiple news outlets confirmed that the Friends star was home at the time.
According to CNN, a security guard detained the stalker and called 911, reporting an attempted burglary. The guard described him as a white male who looked to be in his 70s.
Police arrived and arrested Carwyle on felony vandalism charges, according to Fox News.
Officers reportedly had no issues after the arrest. Carwyle complained of pain from his “gate-crashing,” KTLA5 noted.
The Crazy Stalker
Several of Carwyle’s friends told NBC News that he had been spiraling in recent years. He quit a stable job in Mississippi a few years ago.
More recently, he lived out of his car at a Walmart Supercenter, where he had an obsession with Aniston. He often posted online about unseen forces keeping him from her and claimed he was a “Christ-like figure” married to the actress, NBC reported.
Aniston Is Safe – Thanks to Her Guard
Multiple outlets reached out to Aniston for comment on her stalker. So far, she has remained silent.
It does not appear she was injured or made contact with Carwyle during his short time on the property.
While covering the story, ABC News noted that celebrities like Aniston live under constant security surveillance.
“For celebrities of this stature, round-the-clock protection is essential.”
With their lives so public, celebrities face heightened risk. But this brings up a deeper social and moral dilemma.
A Question of Safety
In many states—especially California—homeowners are limited in how they can legally defend themselves. Anti-gun laws and public sentiment often discourage lawful self-defense.
In fact, homeowners who legally own firearms often face charges for using them.
But you don’t have to defend yourself if you’re rich and famous. You can pay someone else to do it.
READ MORE: San Bernardino County Homeowner Shoots, Kills Burglar
The security guard who caught Jennifer Aniston’s stalker probably carried a gun. What kind of backlash would he face for defending a superstar?
In a world where fame offers protection, the rest of us are expected to face danger unarmed.
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From the air that house looks more like a CVS.
Wonder if Barry Soetoro was in the house at the time? Could have had a layer of Secret Service at the house.
Here, let me fix that headline for you: Well known gun control advocate JA needed some publicity for her cause and upcoming project.
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“So you want to be a celebrity … ” I guess if you don’t mind spending your life under a glass bubble just so you can have tons of money you can never enjoy spending without dragging along your security team and your entourage of “yes people” – you know – the friends you had to buy, I guess it would be a good life. I prefer just being a face in the crowd. I’m sure a lot of celeb’s wish the same but can never go back to that simple way of life.
“In fact, homeowners who legally own firearms often face charges for using them.” Do you have a cite for this? If not, I call BoguS. This is simply not true. Under California’s version of the castle doctrine, a person who breaks and enters your home is presumed to intend to commit serious bodily injury or death to the occupants, and lethal force is fully authorized. This legislative session, some uninformed Democrat proposed overturning this well established doctrine, and the outcry from all corners was immediate and loud. The bill was withdrawn.
And another thing: security personnel are no more authorized to use deadly force than any other individual or homeowner.
A “cite”? Hmm, the American Rifleman, as well as many others, are chock full of these “cite’s” over the past few decades, have you been under a rock?
It IS true, I’ve read about many of these situations, and so I call BoguS on your lack of knowledge in this matter.
“In fact, homeowners who legally own firearms often face charges for using them.”
I’m NOT a lawyer but I seem to recall the fine folks at GA kindly providing a story of Vince Ricci being disarmed at his LA home and facing some undetermined legal liability. Mr. Ricci was attacked by two armed assailants at his front door, shots were fired, it was caught on film. The criminals escaped justice, the PD at some point focused the investigation on Mr. Ricci after he was interviewed. Seems to fit what GA stated above.
Are you arguing a distinction between the crime fitting the narrow addition you added by stating “a person who breaks and enters your home”? That did NOT seem to be what happen with Anniston. Maybe now you agree that California is NOT such a good place for the law-abiding GUN owners like Vince Ricci who was/is facing charges after using that firearm in self-defense at his front door?
Nope. Mr. Ricci was investigated. That is what the police do pretty much anytime there is a shooting. And sometimes the homeowner is detained, like the 78 year old man in Oakland, who was detained when he declined to be interviewed by the police. But neither one of them was CHARGED.
Undoubtedly there are circumstances which are not self-defense, and it is up to the police to gather the fact upon which to make that determination. Usually that is the end of it, but sometimes they are referred to the prosecutor to make a final determination. However, prosecutions are exceedingly rare. The reason is that the presumption that the homeowner is defending self or others imposes on the prosecutor the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the homeowner was NOT acting in self-defense.
I know of only one case in the last thirty years where the Marin DA went after a retired doctor who shot and killed a road rager who had followed him home and entered the doctor’s garage.After three juries hung, the last 11-1 in favor of acquittal, the DA finally gave up. Yes, the DA was extremely anti-gun, and his efforts to convict were contemptible. In rural counties, the sheriff usually says “good shoot” and that is that. The same is true in the valley towns were home invasions occur with too much frequency.
The same is not true, and the presumption typically does not apply in domestic violence disputes.
And yeah, I have been a licensed attorney for over 30 years, and I have been following 2A issues for the last decade.
To the untrained legal mind, it seems to me that the shooting should have been investigated and NOT Mr. Ricci. The victim of an attack had his CC License suspended without explanation which left the family vulnerable to future attack by the unknown assailants. A man defends his wife, his 5-year-old daughter and his home from a possible invasion, yet the victim is the focus of the investigation. LAPD and County DA Gascon suspend his CCL without explanation, you as a “certified lawyer,” are fine with how this case was handled? If Gascon could have made a case against Mr. Ricci, then the full weight of the law would have fallen on the victim. The case facts seem to undermine “California’s version of the castle doctrine.”
Since you have been following 2A issues for the last decade, you should recall the case of the married couple and homeowners, Mark and Patricia McCloskey. The husband Mark is a “certified lawyer.” During the Democrat ANTIFA insurrection the McCloskey’s were forced to defend their home from a large and dangerous mob of rioters who were yelling and threatening the couple in their own home.
The police were unable to respond to the many threats facing the community and the citizens were on their own. CA Kim Gardner filed charges against the couple for defending their home. The couple was charged and took a plea deal; they lost their firearms but were later pardoned. This seems to fit the article’s warning that you challenged.
Without a doubt, the Democrats are using the legal offices of the blue states to undermine the pro 2A victories gained at the federal level. The radicle left wing political operative, George Soros has financed many Governors and DAs to try transform the legal landscape in the US. One of the problems with his plan is that the people he backs financially are personally and professionally incompetent. Take Letita James for example.
Feel free to point anything I said that might have been in error.
they get armed security and piss on the rest of us