Escaped Madonna stalker caught by Los Angeles police

Topics: Celebrity

Robert Dewey Hoskins, left, who was convicted a year ago on charges of threatening to kill singer Madonna, right.

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(CBS/AP) Police say they have captured Robert Dewey Hoskins, who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.

Hoskins was arrested Friday near the Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, where he escaped last Friday, according to Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French. The 54-year-old Hoskins had been committed there last year and was returned to the facility after his arrest.

Hoskins served a 10-year prison sentence for stalking and threatening Madonna after being convicted by a jury in 1996. The singer reluctantly testified against Hoskins, who was shot by her personal security after he jumped the fence of her Hollywood Hills home.

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by rwsmith29456 February 10, 2012 10:52 PM EST: He looks like H@11.; Reply to this comment


by tiredofeverything February 10, 2012 7:59 PM EST: You'd have to be mentally ill to want to stalk that talentless old bag; Reply to this comment


by Bojax39 February 10, 2012 5:27 PM EST: "The singer reluctantly testified against Hoskins, who was shot by her personal security after he jumped the fence of her Hollywood Hills home."

She might look into hiring security with better shooting skills.; Reply to this comment