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LAPD RESERVE CHARGED IN STALKING OF TV ACTOR.


Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer

A reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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 was charged Monday with stalking actor Richard Jackson Richard Jackson may refer to the following people:
  • Richard Jackson (colonial agent) (d. 1787), British lawyer and politician
  • Richard Jackson (footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
  • Richard Jackson, Jr. (1764-1838), a US Congressman from Rhode Island
, a 16-year-old co-star on the television show "Saved by the Bell."

Eric Lee Purvis, a 25-year-old resident of La Verne La Verne (lə vûrn), city (1990 pop. 30,897), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1906. La Verne, which began as a citrus-processing center, now has varied manufacturing, including electronic components, apparel, hand , faces arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted  today in Burbank Municipal Court on three felony counts of stalking, impersonating a police officer and unauthorized use of a law enforcement vehicle, police said.

He also was charged with two misdemeanor weapons violations: carrying a concealed weapon concealed weapon n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person, or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat).  in a vehicle and carrying a loaded weapon in a vehicle, said the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Purvis was being held on $1 million bail.

According to Burbank police Sgt. Scott Wilson, Purvis showed up at the victim's Burbank home and identified himself as a police officer with the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department.
.

Purvis told Jackson he needed to interrogate him regarding an assault that occurred Saturday night in Hollywood, police said.

Purvis was dressed in an LAPD raid jacket, was armed with a loaded pistol and had a baton and a walkie-talkie with him, police said.

But Jackson's family suspected that Purvis was not a real police officer and placed a call to Jackson's agent. The agent called in Burbank police, who went to the scene and questioned Purvis.

Burbank police said Purvis told them he was a reserve officer who was conducting an official investigation.

Later Purvis told them he was there to play a joke on Jackson, police said.

According to Wilson, the LAPD confirmed that Purvis is a technical reserve officer, but said he was not authorized to conduct investigations or carry a firearm.

Jackson joined "Saved by the Bell" in 1995, playing the role of Ryan Parker.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Mar 19, 1996
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