Shawn Johnson Fan Charged With Stalking

Armed man collared outside Dancing With the Stars studios is charged with three counts, including felony stalking

By Gina Serpe Mar 26, 2009 7:15 PMTags
Shawn Johnson, Mark Ballas, Dancing with StarsABC/Kelsey McNeal

The only shuffle Shawn Johnson's alleged stalker will be partaking in is the one that ends in a courtroom.

The 34-year-old Florida man who was caught Tuesday night hopping a fence outside the  Dancing With the Stars studio in an attempt to meet the Olympic gymnast was formally charged in the incident this morning.

The Los Angeles District Attorney slapped Robert Michael O'Ryan with one felony count of stalking and two misdemeanor counts of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

He is currently being held on $35,000 bail, though prosecutors intend to ask the judge to set the bail considerably higher—at $220,000. His arraignment is scheduled to take place later today.

O'Ryan was busted outside CBS Studios, where the hot-stepping reality show is shot,  after security spotted him trying to jump a fence onto the lot. Upon being taken into custody, he told police that he had packed up all his belongings and left his life in Florida to be with the 17-year-old Johnson.

In addition to two guns, cops found duct tape, zip ties and a map in O'Ryan's car, as well as love letters to and press clippings of Johnson.

Yesterday, Johnson obtained a restraining order protecting her, her parents, and her dance partner Mark Ballas.

If convicted, O'Ryan faces up to four years in state prison.

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