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Fox is a photographer now faces criminal charges for getting into a high speed chase for the pop star Justin Bieber.

Prosecutors -- this is the first time they're -- additional penalties on paparazzi for drunk driving dangerously.

The incident happened earlier this month in Los Angeles cops ticketed the beads from doing eighty and a 65.

Even though city councilman said -- was doing at least 100.

Anyway at the time the singer said somebody was chasing him California's Highway Patrol investigated and today the LA city attorney charged.

A thirty year old photographer would reckless driving in connection with a newly enacted law.

That -- and prohibits anybody from driving dangerously while trying to snap a photo for commercial gain.

Back the lawyers now prosecutor just can't have from events attorney ratings on the statue designers and it went into place.

Two years ago and it was set up exactly for this sort of thing the paparazzi chasing down people in Los Angeles out there were two events this day.

This guy was chasing him in a -- for by the way.

He's gonna Fister would be beavers and if this were -- forced chasing him cops pulled both over on the one O one freeway and -- Hernando valley right.

And Bieber gets -- but the dude keeps going.

Half an hour later beads is back on the phone on the guys here again.

And now he's -- You know and they put this for the specific purpose of what they have no idea what I'm just saying.

You know.

In this case what could have happened with some lunatic chasing.

For gained for a picture try to get -- we -- -- going OK I'm trying to get away and try to save my life that could have been serious consequences to what happened.

Clearly here was a guy trying to stab pitching has have a camera -- certain elements in -- have to prove that is so that this is what he was trying to do for personal gain by snapping a picture.

Here that's what happened and that was got to face the consequences of this new law.

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He's got to be reckless driving is well by the way it which also begs the question Mike eaves and his fist there.

Can't out run a -- for that should be separate crime to not put but here's the real thing that that the real rub here is it's all bark no bite reckless driving -- -- you dollars and misdemeanor.

They charged the paparazzi -- guy with a misdemeanor so you don't need to fancy for commercial gain to snap pictures.

-- -- You can't tell it speeding you can't speed so what are they really short and with -- they wouldn't have charged him before the statue came into effect because in the much ado about nothing I didn't what they do they had elements say OK listen you're -- to come before some prove that this is what we're doing this is an element of crime.

Reckless driving with out.

Chasing and pop -- right -- so what did you say I didn't intend to take his picture and it wasn't taking his picture for commercial gain it was like you give to my daughter.

No -- -- then what happens is they look at the -- and go we have six pictures before that now appear in People Magazine yesterday that looks like you don't provision that would suggest that it evident in the today proved there's no -- and so that's what happened here no crash.

What a -- and for you not to drive moved to.

Got to come up with a -- on words under my fist you're you're you're wrapped in.

This is not gonna be happy with is that not good karma -- that a -- and well the bigs got his pop -- so put away I guess that's good news --

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