A celebrity photographer has been arrested for allegedly stalking Jamie Lynn Spears and her fiance, Casey Aldridge, in a small town in Mississippi.

Edwin W. Merino, 30, of Los Angeles, posted $1,143 bond on Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear in court next week.

Authorities in Liberty, Mississippi claimed that Merino wouldn’t leave Spears and Aldridge alone.

Merino denied the accusations in a phone interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. He said that he was about 200 feet away from the couple using a long lens when he was arrested at a gas station.

“I just think since I was the only one there, it was just easier for them to single me out,” he said.

In the end, Merino said the trip was a waste.“The one picture I got was kind of by luck. I got lucky when I saw them at Wal-Mart when I was buying deodorant.”

Merino has worked as a celebrity photographer for five years. He was one of the paparazzi who snared pictures of Jamie Lynn Spears’ older sister, Britney, without underwear.