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Burglar Bungles Break-In at Rihanna's Home
Rihanna at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
A burglar admitting he was looking for singer Rihanna's home was arrested on her block, but was actually attempting to burglarize another house.
The unidentified suspect was arrested at around 9 p.m. Thursday night on the 900 block of Rivas Canyon Road in Pacific Palisades, according to City News Service.
Neighbors spotted the man peeping around the properties, and called authorities, according to TMZ. They detained him until the cops got there.
Rihanna does have a home at that location, and the suspect told officers with the Los Angeles Police Department he was looking for her home.
However, the house he was trying to break into wasn't Rihanna's. Oops.
Officers searched the garage of the house next door to Rihanna's said a news photographer who'd shown up at the scene. The man was booked on suspicion of burglary.
As for Rihanna, she was nowhere near the house. She's been in Hawaii, celebrating her 25th birthday with her boyfriend, Chris Brown.
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