D.A. Declines to Charge Photographer

Prosecutors have refused to charge a tabloid photographer arrested after Barbra Streisand and husband James Brolin complained they were being stalked.

Wendal Wall, 28, a Streisand neighbor arrested Saturday and held in lieu of $1-million bail, was released from the Malibu jail Tuesday after the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office ruled “prosecution declined.”

Deputy Dist. Atty. Martin L. Herscovitz wrote on a one-page evaluation work sheet that there was “insufficient evidence” of stalking or credible threats and Streisand and Brolin “are non-desirous of prosecution.”

“They felt jeopardized. The police felt that sense of jeopardy was warranted and they acted accordingly,” said publicist Dick Guttman, who represents Streisand. The couple said Wall had been following them.

“You have a right under the law to do that,” said attorney Lawrence Longo, who represents Wall. Outside the courthouse jail, supporters carried placards and chanted “Free Wendal.”

His father, Gene Wall, was infuriated about the jailing of his son.

“This is probably going to be the end, finally, of excessive law enforcement that gets in bed with Hollywood power brokers,” the elder Wall said.

Streisand and Brolin drove to a sheriff’s station Saturday afternoon when they noticed they were being followed by Wall in a van as they traveled on the Ventura Freeway, Deputy Cruz Solis said.

Several hours later, the couple were driving on Pacific Coast Highway near their Point Dume home when they spotted Wall again, allegedly following them near Zumirez Drive, the deputy said.

They flagged down a deputy and Wall was arrested and booked for investigation of stalking.