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Jessica Alba … a vandal?

Photos have surfaced that appear to show her defacing Oklahoma City property with posters of a great white shark, and police are investigating.

Police discovered the posters – aimed at raising awareness about the species’ declining numbers – glued to a downtown bridge and elsewhere, including a billboard displaying a United Way advertisement.

Police Sgt. Gary Knight said Wednesday that investigators have not interviewed Alba, who co-starred in the “Fantastic Four” movies as well as “Sin City” and “Good Luck Chuck.” She’s in Oklahoma filming “The Killer Inside Me,” which co-stars Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson. (A 1976 adaptation of the Jim Thompson novel starred Stacy Keach.)

Telephone messages left with Alba’s lawyer and publicist were not returned Wednesday, but the 28-year-old actress released a statement to apologize.

“I got involved in something I should have had no part of,” Alba said. “I realize that I should have used better judgment, and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign. I sincerely apologize to the citizens of Oklahoma City and to the United Way for my involvement in this incident.”

Photos that apparently show Alba gluing posters and posing before the defaced billboard were posted to the site of blogger White Mike, but later removed. According to the site, the posters are designed to raise awareness of the dwindling population of great white sharks.

A statement posted to the site Wednesday read: “International pressure is the only way to do it and that starts in Oklahoma, the heartland of America.”

An official with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department reported the incident to police Monday after spotting the posters and the photos on the Internet. Alba’s name is redacted from the police report because she has not been arrested or charged with any crime, Knight said.

United Way of Central Oklahoma President Bob Spinks said Wednesday the group accepts Alba’s apology.

“Just as she is passionate about her cause, we are passionate about serving the people of central Oklahoma,” Spinks said. “The interesting thing about this is with our fundraising campaign kicking off today, it’s been sort of a funny thing that this has happened at this particular point.

“This is probably the best unearned media we’ve had in a long time.”

Under Oklahoma law, maliciously defacing property can be a felony punishable by prison time if the value of the damage exceeds $1,000 or more.

Estimates of the damage are between $500 and $700, said Kristy Yager, a spokeswoman for the city.

It wasn’t easy for Jessica Alba to lose the baby weight.

“[The workouts] were horrible,” Alba — who dropped the weight for her Campari calendar shoot — tells February Elle. “I cried. And I haven’t worked out since.”

Giving birth to daughter Honor last June was less difficult, she says.

“Contractions aren’t that bad. If you’ve ever had bad cramps? That’s what they’re like,” she says. “But that moment when they put the baby on your chest – that’s deep. It’s a deep experience.”

Being apart from the eight-month old is hard, she admits.

“This is the first time I’ve been away from her. It’s been six days. It sucks; it’s the worst thing ever. But we Skype, so I can see her on video. The worst is when you can see her little chubby hands grab the screen, and I’m not there” she says, wiping away tears. “That’s a new thing – I never cried before. Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.”

Alba also opens up about fashion.

“I’ve always loved beautiful clothes, but I’m not very hip to the coolest, newest, most fashionable thing. I’ve always liked mixing casual things with nice, beautiful pieces – mixing masculine and feminine,” she says. “I just didn’t always know how to do it. As a kid, I bought random, thrift store stuff and hoped that it worked. Sometimes it didn’t.”

But husband Cash Warren doesn’t care what she looks like.

“Whether I’m dressed as a boy or wearing a gown, he’s pretty cool about it all. He doesn’t want to change me. He’s always like, “Okay, whatever makes you happy.”

Alba credits her fame to her exotic looks.

“There aren’t many other stars, besides Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez, who most people in the world can relate to,” she explains. “We look like people of the world — I can kind of mix in with girls in Asia, South America, Europe.”

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