Paparazzi get duped by look-alike Spears at LAX
September 12, 2008 – 12:44 pmLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cameras flashing and films rolling, a crowd of paparazzi surrounded a police escort, trying to get the perfect shot of Britney Spears' little sister as she left the Los Angeles International Airport. Just one snag: The woman wasn't Jamie Lynn Spears. In what appears to be a case of the old switcharoo, airport police on Wednesday duped paparazzi at the crowded terminal by leading an unidentified woman — wearing sunglasses and looking away from cameras — down an escalator and through a hallway while the real Jamie Lynn and her baby girl safely left the airport from another area. Police denied any trickery and said they were not escorting the woman. "All (the officers) did was follow the crowd down to the baggage area," said Sgt. Jim Holcomb of the Los Angeles airport police. "The people they were following assumed that this was Spears because she was blonde." Despite the denial, ...