Paps Busted After Crazy Britney Chase

TMZ has learned that four paparazzi were arrested for reckless driving last night after chasing Britney Spears' car around Mission Hills, Calif. -- and four more were pulled over for driving crazazy-like.


Around 11:20 PM last night, according to law enforcement sources, police pulled over a total of eight vehicles driven by photogs, after they were observed driving evasively at a high rate of speed and making dangerous lane changes in and around Mission Hills. Four of the drivers were arrested.

We're also told that Britney herself told cops that one of the cars may have tried to "run her off the road," but she couldn't ID which car it was, so no action was taken. Also, we spotted her going to Kitson -- the clothing store -- at 1:30 in the morning. Yes, she made them open up the store.

TMZ has also learned that cops were pleasantly surprised when Britney forked over a valid California driver's license.


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181. About time......................Arnold needs to stand up & put a stop once & for all to this uncontrollable pap crap.
They are out of control.
They need to be fined & the mags who pay such huge amounts for these pics should share in the fines & put a stop to the crap on the streets.
It's no wonder they don't make all the celebs crazy.....maybe that is why they are all getting DUI's to start with.
There needs to be some control here & this would stop.
Ask any older celeb it didn't use to be this bad..........................

And we the people should stop buying the mags & help keep this going.......


Posted at 12:55PM on Jan 17th 2008 by STOPTHEMADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

182. I can NOT believe that all of you people are bitching about the paps driving fast/reckless, but you aren't saying a thing about Britney driving fast/reckless! Britney needs to be arrested for driving reckless all of the time! BRITNEY IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE WITH HER DANGEROUS DRIVING! She should have had her licence suspended a long time ago! Maybe when she wrecks into someone someday, the police will be held accountable for not arresting her for breaking the law!

Posted at 12:57PM on Jan 17th 2008 by What about Shitney>

183. Brit Brit has done her fair share of wrong on and off the Road but it’s high time that police have finally done what they should be doing not only because she's a human being and the chasing of celebs in cars goes a little overboard but there hunger for chasing Spears puts other Non Celeb lives in danger.

Posted at 1:10PM on Jan 17th 2008 by killakali03

184. It's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:15PM on Jan 17th 2008 by TT

185. Yes! It's about bloody time. I am sick of people saying that Britney should stay home just because she is stalked everywhere she goes. She has serious problems but this issue of the paparazzi chasing celebrities and driving so dangerously has been out of hand for a long time and it has to stop. It is completely unreasonable for Britney to bear the blame for the behavior of the paparazzi, why should she have to be imprisoned in her home? She tries to go out under cover of darkness and is still hunted like an animal.

Posted at 1:40PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Good

186.
It's about time!!! In my opinion Harvey & the Whole TMZ production
only truly got big the same way kevin did.......milking off of poor
britney, and every step and mumble she makes. Before this whole
Britney viasco no one knew TMZ. If Britney disappeared off the face
of this earth tomarrow TMZ would go down like the Titanic. She's
there biggest story every single day. These exploiting freaks have
only assisted that money hungry nobody K-fraud. They pick and choose
there fav celebs and most of the time they just bash them (def not
professional jornalism). Pretty much alot of evidence that was used
against brit was footage from TMZ. I'm a mother of 3 beautiful girls
one of which is soon to be 16 yrs. I was even younger than brit when
i had my babies, and yes i was a party weekend warrior, but there
were no camera's recording my every move to magnify what i was doing.
Today my 16 yr old is a rarity in todays society, She's never even
kissed a boy, can't even stand the smell of a cig, and her biggest
goal is to attend harvard. What I'm trying to say here is the the
media and kevin are the blame for this poor girls breakdown. And of
course they love it cause there getting richer. I went through the
whole custody thing and my ex tried very hard to take the kids, i'm
pretty sure if TMZ was there to record the crack of my ass showing ,
i probably wouldn't have my kids today and wouldn't have had the
opportunity to mature and become the wonderful supportive mom that i
am today. Show me one young mother out there who didn't go through
that phase (other than maybe a jahova's witness). Shame on TMZ and
the rest of the media freaks, there to blame for creating this
monster, and for those precious boys slowly but surely being taken
away. As long as Kevin has these boys he has brits money, Harvey
might as well be walking around with a Tee that says team K-fraud.
Hope you and your crew sleep good @ night knowing what you've done
and created.

Posted at 1:20PM on Jan 17th 2008 by My3grlzzz

187. It's about DAMN time....should be laws for the papzies people!!!
I'd have a frickin nervous breakdown if I was harrassed , and light bulbs flashing, and my name being screamed over and over, blocked, pushed, so what if she is a star, she is a person and needs her space. Every once in a while would be flattering, but not daily.

Posted at 1:39PM on Jan 17th 2008 by ljtatts

188. I bet her house is as nasty as that weave she has-YUCK

Posted at 1:53PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Stinky

189. Oh come on everyone quit enabling her sideshow-quit telling her she is beautiful-she isn't,quit opening stores for her,who does she think she is? She plans all this because she is bored.She does have the right to go out shop and eat but she calls the paps and tells them where to go and then acts like she doesn't like it/ The fake accent is too funny. This guy is using her and she knows-she can't be that dumb or smart. She really doesn't give a flip about her children. She is used to touring and staying busy-now she has nothing to do but think of strange stuff to do. She could have personal shoppers and lay low but no,she's bored.

Posted at 1:55PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Sideshow Bob

190. The Pap and Britney should have gotten tickets. Hopefully she was finally wearing a seatbelt

Posted at 2:21PM on Jan 17th 2008 by AnOldieButAGoodie

191. I am tired of hearing "the blame" on paps and media!.. Start on the chaos and everything brought by Britney... Remember, go back to the days of her quickie marriage to Jason Alexander.. She smiled at paps and letting the paps following her to the Chapel in Las Vegas. Down that same road she did that with Kevin, then,after divorced Kevin..She has gottten back in the same motto,except that getting more crazier herself.. She is getting more crazier these days and probably bribes or make a deal with everyone to let her have her ways. It is hard to believe anyone would let their business open late hours to Britney, not to the others... It looks like the business people just hope to have/want their fifteen of fame for opening up to her..I am disappointed to see my second home state to let this to become a nuttier case... Britney shall gets the ticket for speeding no matter what the cirucstames are..For me as a non celebrity status,the police would give me a speeding ticket right away by this minute no matter what... I really believe the paps and Britney both shall get the tickets at the same time!

Posted at 2:20PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Julie G.

192. Why wasn't she arrested for speeding? They should have arrested 5 people. Her speeding can kill someone as well. The paparazzi were wrong for chasing her and should have been arrested but that doesn't excuse her dangerous driving.

Posted at 2:24PM on Jan 17th 2008 by dorothy

193. I agree with "Elaine" why was Britney not arrested or given a ticket I'm sure she was driving crazy to avoid them. Anyway like Elaine said "Double Standard" .

Posted at 3:26PM on Jan 17th 2008 by gagal

194. Britney won't end up like Princess Diana as Rosie O'Donnell said....she's going to end up like Rosie if she keeps eating dinner at the gas station....

Posted at 4:27PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Quinty

195. Its about time. Hope they were TMZ photogs

Posted at 4:43PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Debbi

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