Demi Lovato's Hollywood Home Targeted By Prowler

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Singer Demi Lovato's Hollywood Hills home was targeted by a determined prowler, who scaled a wall and balcony to peer into her bedroom window late Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.

The singer was not home when the trespassing occurred. A property caretaker at the home in the 8000 block of Laurel View Drive reported the incident to police, Los Angeles Police Officer Liliana Preciado said.

"The homeowner was not present," Preciado said.

According to TMZ.com, "a man wearing all-black clothing and a baseball cap scaled the security gate just before midnight Tuesday at Demi's Hollywood Hills home."

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"We're told the man had a ladder and made it on to the balcony of her home, and that's when the dogs began furiously barking," TMZ reported.

"The house manager sensed something was wrong, walked over to the balcony and saw the man peering through Demi's bedroom window," TMA reported. "The live-in house manager ran to the phone, called 911 and left. By the time cops arrived the bad guy was gone."

The actress bought the house in September 2016, and was in Boston promoting a new recording at the time of the incident, TMZ reported.

A string of burglaries have been reported in recent months targeting celebrities in the Hollywood and Beverly Hills area, including Alanis Morissette, Nicki Minaj, model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner, Emmy Rossum, Jaime Pressly, David Spade, Dodger's star Yasiel Puig and Lakers guard Nick Young and former guard Derek Fisher .

There was no indication that this latest incident was related to any of the earlier ones. In March an LAPD spokesman said the department is aware of the burglaries and is investigating them, but he stopped short of saying they are believed to be related.

According to police and news reports:

• jewelry and a laptop were taken during a burglary at Pressly's house in the 14900 block of Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks on March 17;
• jewelry worth about $200,000 was taken from Jenner's Hollywood Hills home in the 1600 block of Marmont Avenue sometime between March 15 and 16;
• jewelry and other valuables worth about $170,000 were taken when Puig's home in the 15000 block of Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks was burglarized during the week of Feb. 27;
• about $500,000 worth of cash, jewelry and other items were taken when Young's home in Tarzana was burglarized in February; and
• Fisher's home in the 5800 block of Shirley Avenue in Tarzana was burglarized on Jan. 27, with more than $300,000 taken.

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City News Service contributed to this report; LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Demi Lovato arrives at the premiere of Beyond Silence on February 22, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Lovato served as the executive producer on the film. Her participation is part of the Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health initiative. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Be Vocal)