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Arnold's Court Roundup

Now that he's governor-elect of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't want visitors stopping by unannounced.

In fact, "Trespassers Will Be Terminated" signs surround Schwarzenegger's L.A.-area compound.

Okay, so we made that part up. But the Eraser isn't joking around when it comes to personal security.

One unwelcome "visitor" found that out the hard way--and paid the price. Canadian cat burglar Richard Sathianathan pleaded guilty Friday to charges of trespassing at Schwarzenegger's Brentwood estate and tampering with one of his cars.

The intruder was arrested at Casa Terminator on September 15, after being spotted by private security guards. Detectives who questioned him determined that he had visited the Schwarzenegger digs several times without the family's knowledge.

Sathianathan was sentenced to three year's probation in Los Angeles Superior Court and ordered to undergo psychological counseling. He received credit for 50 days time served in county jail, and was told to keep his distance from Ah-nuld, wife Maria Shriver and their kids in the future.

That's not the only Schwarzenegger case in court this week.

By adding "governor" to his already illustrious résumé, the former body-builder has certainly increased his own visibility.

But the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office is seeking to reduce the amount of Schwarzenegger currently available for public viewing.

A 100-foot-by-40-foot mural of Schwarzenegger's mug that advertises the upcoming DVD release of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on a building along the Hollywood Freeway is illegal and must be removed, officials said.

"I am committed to removing illegal billboards in order to keep our communities free from visual blight," City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said in a press release.

(We're guessing he didn't vote for Arnold, aka Mr. Visual Blight.)

The building's owner, Robert Lusk Davis, was charged Friday with six misdemeanor counts for failing to obtain the correct permits to paint ads on his property, city attorney spokesman Eric Moses said.

Each count carries a penalty of up to six months in prison and a $1000 fine.

Davis believes the mural should be allowed, as he once received permission to paint a dinosaur on the same building back in 1995.

"We believe we are now, and always have been, properly permitted," he said, per the Associated Press.

But the dino mural contained no advertising content and fell under different permit regulations, Moses said.

Building inspectors received complaints about the Arnie mural last weekend from the Cahuenga Pass Neighborhood Association and verified that there was a violation.

But the neighborhood association didn't stop there--they fought the mural at its source.

"I told the attorney for Warner Bros. it reflects poorly on the governor-elect to be associated with something that is illegal," Joan Luchs, the association's president, told the AP.

Davis claimed he would seek a court order to protect the mural.

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