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Justin Bieber's crazed middle-aged fan was taken into custody and issued a summons for disorderly conduct Thursday afternoon.Tween heartthrob Justin Bieber got a scare yesterday when pandemonium broke out at a midtown promotional event and one of his bodyguards scuffled with a plainclothes cop.
The hair-raising incident outside Macy's flagship store in Herald Square happened as a large crowd of mostly screaming teen girls surged toward the 17-year-old "Baby" singer, knocking down metal police barricades.
When an unidentified plainclothes cop stepped up to protect Bieber from the unruly crowd, one of the Canadian crooner's bodyguards grabbed him and tried to pull him away.
Bieber was quickly ushered into the store, where he signed autographs and launched his new fragrance for women, "Someday."
"My fans are crazy. They wait out in the rain and anything, so they're crazy, they're awesome!" Bieber told MTV.com once order was restored.
"today went well at macy's.. the fans were AMAZING, thanks to all the fans who came out to support it was a breath of fresh air :)" the pop star later tweeted.
His overprotective bodyguard, Moshe Benabou, 48, of Panama City, Fla., was issued a summons for disorderly conduct, police said.
"He [Bieber] was walking into the store and people got too excited and started pushing the barrier down," said Tara Robinson, 18, who spent three hours waiting in the intermittent rain for a glimpse of the pop sensation.
Bieber took time to pose for photos with fans outside of the 'Late Show' studios. (Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic)
"He didn't even have time to wave at his fans," Robinson said. "I was yelling, 'Justin!' They ruined the moment for us."
Cops denied initial reports that a middle-age man jumped the barricades and knocked Bieber to the ground.
"Bieber wasn't touched. Bieber wasn't hurt," a police source said.
Bieber was not scheduled to venture outside the store to greet fans, but decided at the last minute to appease the crowd chanting, "We want Bieber!" and singing his hit song "Baby."
Some fans had been camped out since 5 a.m.
Amber Wende, 13, of New Jersey, and three of her friends had one of their mothers drive them to the city before dawn so they could track Bieber's every move.
"We went to the 'Today' show, then 'The View' and to Macy's," said Amber, huddled with her pals under a purple blanket plastered with Bieber's face.
Amber said they nearly fainted when they saw Bieber getting into a car outside the "Today" show.
"He stared at us for 10 seconds. I know he saw us," said Amber's friend, Taylor McGlashan, 14.
It wasn't the first time the flop-haired performer has sparked a ruckus at a New York department store.
In November 2009, more than 3,000 fans nearly rioted at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, L.I., while waiting to see the object of their obsession. Five people were injured and one man was arrested as overwhelmed cops canceled the event and dispersed the rowdy crowd.
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