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Posted: 10:43 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29, 2012

Prowler at Cruise's home turns out to be neighbor

Tom Cruise
Evan Agostini
FILE - This June 12, 2012 file photo shows actor Tom Cruise at The Friars Club and Friars Foundation at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Authorities say a security guard at Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion used a stun gun on a trespasser who turned out to be an intoxicated neighbor who may have mistakenly entered the property. Police say 41-year-old Jason Sullivan was shot with a Taser at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at the home. He was then treated at a hospital and arrested on suspicion of trespassing. Police say neither Cruise nor his family were at the home when a guard saw a man climbing a fence to get onto the grounds. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

BEVERLY HILLS —

Authorities say a security guard at Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion used a stun gun on a trespasser who turned out to be an intoxicated neighbor who may have mistakenly entered the property.

Police say 41-year-old Jason Sullivan was shot with a Taser at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the home on Calle Vista Drive. He was then treated at a hospital and arrested on suspicion of trespassing.

Police say neither Cruise nor his family were at the home when a guard saw a man climbing a fence to get onto the grounds. A guard shocked the man and held him for police.

It wasn't immediately known if Sullivan has an attorney.

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