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Date Posted: 08:04:03 09/28/01 Fri
Vacationing teen idols driven 'Crazy' by burglars, gawkers
Northwest Florida Daily News
Britney Spears' "vacation thing" on the Emerald Coast may prove to be more of a headache than it's worth. Since arriving here with boyfriend Justin
Timberlake and an entourage of family members, security guards, publicists and personal managers, Spears and company have been robbed, stalked and set
upon by the local media. It hasn't even been sunny. Four teens were arrested Sunday and charged with the Saturday night robbery of a rental home in the
exclusive Destiny by the Sea community where Spears and her group have been staying. Matthew James Daily, 17, Salvador Fer-nando Martinez, 19,
Richard Dean Olivarez, 19, and Marcus Ryan Cook, 19, face one count each of burglary and grand theft.
The foursome was seen making off with more than $5,000 in merchandise from the Ocean Boulevard residence, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said.
Items taken included video cameras with "personal" footage of the celebrities, two large bottles of alcoholic beverages and "several clothing items belonging
to the celebrities," the Sheriff's Office report said.
The four teens were seen on the beach throughout the evening Saturday, watching the home, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Rick Hord said.
They entered it through an unlocked back door around 10 p.m., according to a report on the incident.
Three Niceville residents told investigators they saw the accused burglars enter the residence and said "all four co-defendants left the residence in
possession of stolen property," the report said. One of the suspected culprits was copying a videotape taken from the home at the time he was taken into
custody, Hord said. Not even the garbage Spears, Timberlake - of the band *N SYNC - and their friends left behind has been safe since their arrival in
Northwest Florida. Die-hard fans Arianna Bouchard, 13, and Krystle Klosterman, 15, both of Destin, went through their trash. Klosterman boasted of
scooping up a flowered gift bag filled with celebrity garbage, including cups, a magazine and some type of electrical cord.
"And Coke - even though Britney's got a Pepsi contract," Bouchard said. Bouchard and Klosterman said they heard from friends at school that Spears and
Timberlake were in town and had given a few autographs. They decided to go to any length to meet the stars. The girls walked around the neighborhood
where they heard the pair was staying, and found the house when they recognized a friend of Spears', who posed for a photo with the girls.
"We saw Justin, Britney, the body guard, through the windows," Klosterman said. She said they also saw Timberlake's mother and Spears' little sister. But
when they finally got a chance to ask Timberlake for an autograph,
they were turned down.
"He said no," Klosterman recounted. "The mom said, 'This is a vacation thing. This is a family thing,' "The girls were in tears Monday evening as they stood
on a sidewalk outside the celebrity homestead, waiting for a ride back home. Reporters seeking comment about the robbery from the star couple or any of
their cronies were rebuffed as severely as Klosterman or Bouchard. Renee Earnest, a publicist manager for Just-In-Time Entertainment, referred all calls to
someone in California. Unlike their media counterparts, however, Klosterman and Bouchard were not dissuaded by Monday's celebrity encounters.
"We're coming back tomorrow," Klosterman said. "Just in case."
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