MILEY CYRUS STALKER A "DANGER"

A man charged with stalking teen star Miley Cyrus is a “danger,” according to a judge who refused to lower his bail.
Mark McLeod, 53, tried to contact the 16-year-old Hannah Montana star three times while she was filming The Last Song on Tybee Island, Georgia.
Municipal Court Judge Steven Scheer said he believed Cyrus was safe from McLeod because she “can afford the best protection money can buy.”
But he refused to reduce his $55,200 bail because he believes he could be a threat to other.
He said: “I can't deny him bond but if I could I would because I do feel he's a danger.”
Police said McLeod said he was engaged to Miley and that she sent him secret messages through her television show when he was first arrested on June 22 on charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing a police officer.
Officer Javier Valdez said he had received complaints that McLeod was bothering young girls near the set. He testified that McLeod refused to leave and began swearing.
He was released from jail after one day because of overcrowding and returned to Tybee Island, where he was seen going door-to-door asking people where Miley was staying.
He was arrested again and accused of attempted stalking.
Robert Merriman, a former Savannah police detective hired by Walt Disney Pictures to protect their young star gave evidence that McLeod made a taped statement when he was arrested at his home in Columbia County on August 4.
“He said that he knew the filming was gong to be ending soon and he was going to be coming back to Tybee Island and finishing things,” he testified, saying he took the comment as a threat.
McLeod's lawyer, James Byrne, said he is an unemployed plumber and will probably stay in jail because he cannot afford the bail.
He said: “He's been kind of painted as this monster but he's got a family. He's not a danger. What he said I understand was unsettling to a lot of folks, but it doesn't make him a stalker.
Prosecutor Jennifer Guyer told the judge McLeod was previously arrested in 2003 for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by illegally taking a girl from Georgia to South Carolina.