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Madonna fan gets probation for resisting NY arrest

Robert Linhart was nabbed after he parked his SUV outside the Material Girl’s former Manhattan apartment and spray-painted love notes on poster boards

AP
Published: 13:01 January 3, 2013

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FILE - In this April 12, 2012, file photo, Madonna arrives at Macy's Herald Square in New York. A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 to three years' probation for resisting arrest outside the singer's New York City apartment building. Robert Linhart was convicted in November after being twice arrested in September 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

A former firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been sentenced to three years' probation for resisting arrest outside the singer's New York City apartment building.

Robert Linhart was convicted in November after being twice arrested in September 2010.

Police say the then-59-year-old Linhart was nabbed after he parked his SUV outside the Material Girl's former Manhattan apartment and spray-painted love notes on poster boards. He returned a few days later and was arrested again.

His attorney had argued that it was no crime to adore Madonna, the singer of pop hits including "Like a Virgin" who performed at last year's Super Bowl halftime game.