Man With Scissors Arrested Outside Miley Cyrus’ Los Angeles Home

First Published: September 8, 2012 2:06 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center, Los Angeles, on September 6, 2012A man allegedly clutching a pair of scissors was arrested after police say he tried to force himself inside the Los Angeles home of Miley Cyrus.

Los Angeles police Lt. Brian Wendling says that employees inside the house in the Studio City area called police around 4 a.m. Saturday after the man came to the door and claimed to be a friend of the 19-year-old singer-actress.

Wendling says the suspect then repeatedly threw himself against an outside wall as if he was trying to break into the house. Cyrus was not home at the time.

The man, who was not identified, was arrested after officers saw him jump behind some bushes. He was carrying a pair of scissors.

Wendling says charges have not yet been filed.

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