Prosecutors have charged a man arrested Monday outside Halle Berry’s home with felony stalking. Richard Franco remains jailed and is expected to appear for arraignment in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday. Franco was arrested late Monday after investigators say off-duty police officers saw him jump the wall of Berry’s Hollywood Hills home.
Authorities say it was the third time he’d been spotted trespassing on the property since Saturday. The 27-year-old faces up to three years in prison if convicted of stalking. Jail records do not indicate if he has an attorney. more
TMZ reports that Franco has several priors in his record. HE apparently served time for battery last month and has also been charged with crimes of felony car theft, felony vandalism, several drug use offenses and several juvenile offenses.