NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 26: Taylor Swift attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV) NEW YORK - A stalker who claims pop star Taylor Swift is communicating with him on social media was arrested on a trespassing charge after trying to break into the singer's Manhattan apartment, the NYPD said Monday.Hanks Johnson, 52, was arrested at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday after a 911 caller reported he was inside Swift's Tribeca building without permission, a police spokesperson said.Johnson was charged with criminal trespass and released on his own recognizance after an arraignment Sunday night.