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Detectives from Lost Hills/Malibu Sheriff’s Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department served a search warrant at the Calabasas home of Suspect Justin Bieber. The purpose of the search warrant was to recover video surveillance or other possible evidence related to a Calabasas vandalism that occurred on January 9, 2014.

Justin Bieber and several other men were at the home when sheriff’s deputies arrived. They were all detained while detectives conducted the search. One of the men, 20-year old Suspect Xavier Smith, was arrested for a felony narcotics charge that was unrelated to the vandalism incident. Suspect Smith was transported and booked at Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station.

At the conclusion of the service of the search warrant of the large home, several pieces of evidence were removed from the home and are under review by sheriff’s investigators.

Investigators believe multiple suspects may have been involved in the vandalism which caused an estimated $20,000.00 in damage to the front of the luxury home.

The investigation is continuing. Once completed, the case will be submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for consideration of criminal filing.

Vandalism - California Penal Code
594.(a) Every person who maliciously commits any of the following acts with respect to any real or personal property not his or her own, in cases other than those specified by state law, is guilty of vandalism: (1) Defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material.(2) Damages.(3) Destroys.
Whenever a person violates this subdivision with respect to real property, vehicles, signs, fixtures, furnishings, or property belonging to any public entity…
(b) (1) If the amount of defacement, damage, or destruction is four hundred dollars ($400) or more, vandalism is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or if the amount of defacement, damage, or destruction is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both that
fine and imprisonment.
(2) (A) If the amount of defacement, damage, or destruction is less than four hundred dollars ($400), vandalism is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment...


*Update* After allegedly damaging the jail phone in the booking cell, Suspect Xavier Smith has been additionally charged with vandalism


Lieutenant David Thompson
Detective Bureau
Malibu / Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
(818) 878-1808



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Malibu/Lost Hills Station: Search Warrant Served at Calabasas Home after Estimated $20,000 Vandalism on Jan. 9
Malibu/Lost Hills Station: Search Warrant Served at Calabasas Home after Estimated $20,000 Vandalism on Jan. 9

(Update) At about 8AM on Tues, Jan. 14, 2014, detectives from Lost Hills/Malibu Sheriff's Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department began service of a search warrant at the Calabasas home of Suspect Justin Bieber. The purpose of the search warrant is to seek video surveillance or other possible evidence in the vandalism that occurred on January 9, 2014. The vandalism damage is estimated by the homeowner to be approximately $20,000.00. The investigation is ongoing.

ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE:

(Jan. 9, 2014) Deputies from Lost Hills/Malibu Sheriff's Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to a vandalism call at 7:40PM on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The allegation is that eggs were thrown at a home on Prado De Grandioso in the city of Calabasas. The incident is under investigation

* Lost Hills Sheriff's Station polices the Cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu and Westlake Village, and the unincorporated communities of Chatsworth Lake Manor, Malibu Lake, Topanga, and West Hills:

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