Police compare Justin Bieber's home to a frat house
A police officer who led a raid on Justin Bieber's California home has compared the star's living quarters to a student-style fraternity house.
Cops descended on Bieber's mansion in Calabasas, California earlier this month (Jan14) to raid the property for evidence relating to the singer's alleged egg attack on a neighbour's home.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lieutenant David Thompson, who helped
co-ordinate the raid, has now detailed the scene the cops found
when they entered the property.
Thompson tells CNN the luxury multi-million dollar mansion is more
like a university fraternity house, decked out with ping pong and
pool tables, video games and a basketball free-throw machine.
He says, "The house does operate much like a fraternity house and
much of the same stuff that's done there is going to be done across
the country. But the house next door is usually another fraternity
house. It's not usually a mansion that can sustain this
damage."
Thompson adds that Bieber received "quite a wake-up call" when he
found swarms of police officers on his doorstep, adding, "And he
needs a wake-up call... This is a person who's been wreaking havoc
on the neighborhood, who's been operating, basically, with
impunity... People move to that neighborhood - which is a gated
community - for the peace, quiet, and tranquillity that it
provides. So, Mr. Bieber's past actions of loud parties, driving
too fast, large numbers of people there, egging and what not are
way out of character for anyone that lives in that
neighborhood."
The police raid occurred just days before Bieber was arrested in
Miami Beach, Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence,
resisting without violence and driving without a valid license. The
pop star was detained after cops allegedly caught him taking part
in a drag race on a residential street in a luxury sports car.