Four shutterbugs on the Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan beat were shut down earlier this week.
In what may be the beginning of a long-promised crackdown on stalkerazzi, who often take outrageous, if not dangerous, measures to snap the money shots of Hollywood's party girls, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested a quartet of cameramen at two separate locations in West Hollywood late Tuesday and early Wednesday. The lensmen were rung up on charges of blocking the sidewalks while awaiting the departures of Spears and Lohan, respectively.
First up Tuesday night was the bust of Spears-chasing photographers. They were nabbed while loitering outside the B2V Salon just before 8 p.m. while waiting for the pop star to emerge from the shop, where she was getting a color touch-up.
Of the roughly 50 photogs congregated outside the salon, two—David Tonnessen, 31, and Christian Shostele, 37—were arrested. The men were cited after ignoring repeated requests by deputies, made via loudspeaker, to clear a path on the sidewalk.
Tonnessen was booked at the West Hollywood station on a misdemeanor of blocking an entrance and was released on $250 bail. Shostele, meanwhile, was ticketed outside the salon and released after forking over $500 bail at the scene.
Just a few hours later and a few blocks over, two photographers working the club beat for TMZ were busted outside the West Hollywood hot spot Villa.
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