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Teen Charged with Breaking into Tyler Perry's Home

Teen Charged with Breaking in to Tyler Perry's Home
Tyler Perry file photo (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Kevin Winter/Getty Images

ATLANTA (CBS/AP) Chloe Ware, an 18-year-old woman, has been charged with breaking into the Atlanta home of filmmaker Tyler Perry.

Police said Perry's bodyguard caught Ware early Thursday morning. Two other people escaped.

Ware was charged with prowling and criminal trespass, then released. Police are still searching for the two other suspects.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the break-in was also captured on video.

Perry directed this year's film "For Colored Girls" and co-directed last year's "Precious" with Oprah Winfrey. He is perhaps best known for his character Madea, whom Perry has played in numerous films and plays.

A phone listing for Ware could not be found. It was unclear whether she had an attorney.

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