Man Held in Stalking of Pop Singer Janet Jackson : Crime: Police say the former psychiatric patient was arrested at the family’s Encino home. He claimed to be the performer’s husband.

A New York man has been arrested and charged with stalking and threatening pop singer Janet Jackson after he tried to gain entry into her Encino home while claiming that she is his wife, authorities said Wednesday.

Frank Jones, 33, was arrested about 10 a.m. Monday as he stood in the driveway of the gated Jackson family compound, said Deputy City Atty. Holly Beckner.

Although Jones was not violent, he made threats against Jackson and her brother, Jermaine Jackson, who along with Michael Jackson and three other brothers made up the pop group the Jackson 5, Beckner said.

“This guy, we think, is delusional,” Beckner said. “He thinks he’s Janet Jackson’s husband. He is willing to engage in disruptive acts simply to get her attention.”

Jones was held by Jackson family security guards until police arrived after he made “veiled threats of violent acts in order to get her attention,” Beckner said.

The guards told police they recognized Jones because of letters he had sent to the popular performer, she said.

Jones threatened Jackson’s brother because he thought Jermaine Jackson was getting in the way of his efforts to contact her, Beckner said.

A publicist said the 26-year-old singer is unmarried and that she has had obsessive fans in the past.

“Unfortunately, there are some delusional people out there, and the problem exists for many celebrities,” he said.

Jones has not been assigned a public defender pending a bail-reduction hearing today.

His bail was set at $15,000 Tuesday at his arraignment, where he pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor trespassing charges, two charges of making terroristic threats and two stalking charges.

A trial has been set for July 14.

The state “anti-stalking” statute was enacted in 1990 to allow authorities to arrest those suspected of maliciously following, harassing or making threats against others before they acted on those threats.

Although most stalking cases involve individuals who are not in the public eye, the law has received publicity because of several celebrity stalker cases, including one involving a woman who was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

Jones was recently ordered into a mental institution after making threatening remarks about President Bush at the White House, Beckner said.

Upon his release in mid-June, he traveled from New York to Southern California in search of Janet Jackson, she said.

If convicted, Jones could face four years in County Jail and $4,000 in fines.

Although such a stiff sentence would be unlikely, Beckner said, prosecutors will seek jail time for Jones.