Han Sup Shin, the purple latex glove enthusiast who's been stalking San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, was arrested in Union City after he allegedly broke into a house in San Ramon in pursuit of a former lover, then tried to run over the absent lover's roommate with his car. Cops found Shin hiding in a closet at his parents' Union City home; he must have acted out still more, as he's also charged with battery on a peace officer. The Chronicle further notes that Shin had been admitted to a psychiatric facility in 1998, but soon escaped. And so ends our mockery of an obviously highly disturbed individual. Even our cold, shriveled hearts feel bad for the guy at this point.

Han Shin, the man accused of stalking San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom while wearing purple latex gloves, says he "wears purple latex gloves because he believes purple is a sign of divinity and royalty." Observe Shin's regal air in the Chronicle photos above. In addition, Shin threatened his parents last year, and then shone a laser pointer into a prosecutor's eyes at his court appearance. His parents say he's bipolar and gets a little crazy when off his meds. Shocking, that.

In other Gavin Newsomiana, the San Francisco mayor canned his press secretary, Peter Ragone, no doubt largely due to Ragone using pseudonymous sock puppets to praise the mayor on various websites. Far more bizarre is the restraining order filed by the SF city attorney versus one Han Shin, a "new age author" with a disturbing fixation on Newsom, purple latex gloves, and tawdry concordances between the two. Money quotes after the jump.