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Jessica Alba has made a nice charitable donation to the good folks at United Way.

After she was snapped plastering the walls of a United Way billboard in Oklahoma City with shark posters, the organization opted not to file charges.

She donated an undisclosed amount to the United Way in Oklahoma City. A spokeswoman for the organization said that the actress is eligible for a program acknowledging donors who have contributed $500 or more.

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Oklahoma City police say that it’s doubtful Jessica Alba will face any criminal  because the locals seem just too nice to press charges.

“Right now the investigation is still open. Nobody has been interviewed, but we’re talking with the property owners to see if they’re interested in pressing charges,” Oklahoma Police Sgt. Gary Knight tells E! News. “That’s typical in something like a vandalism like this; we’d interview the owners and go from there.”

Alba could be charged with a felony and face jail time if the total damage caused by the vandalism exceeds $1,000. But, says Knight, “in most cases like this, if the victims are certain they don’t want to prosecute, then we usually don’t and the case is closed.”

“We are certain that she didn’t mean any harm as she has since apologized,” he continues, adding, “We remain focused on our work rather than this minor distraction.”

The same goes for Oklahoma City’s Parks and Recreations Department, which had a traffic box defaced with a shark posting and which filed a police report triggering the investigation.

“We’re not pressing criminal charges against Ms. Alba,” spokeswoman Kristy Yager says. “She has provided an apology to the United Way and that was the most important thing to us and we’re glad she did that. I fully suspect she had no idea what types of problems this would cause.”

The adhesive Alba and her cohorts used was so strong that Oklahoma Gas & Electric needed to bring in a sand blaster to remove the signage from a pad-mounted transformer.

“I can’t say we are planning to pursue any type of criminal charges,” Brian Alford, spokesman for the utility company, tells E! News. Though he did express hope that Alba and company would pay OG&E for the clean-up.

“Granted the city property and our property were damaged, but at this particular point we’re willing to put this all behind us and move forward. I think a valuable lesson was learned as a result.”

A publicist for Alba did not immediately return calls seeking comment on whether the actress is willing to pay for the damages.

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As reported earlier, Jessica Alba was being investigated by Oklahoma City authorities for her involvement in a bizarre bit of public vandalism that had the actress wallpapering the city with gigantic posters of sharks.

Well… Looks like the superstar — in Oklahoma to shoot a film — now regrets her actions and has issued an apology of sorts (some would say it looks like she’s passing the buck…). In a statement released this afternoon, she writes:

“I got involved in something I should have had no part of. 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.”

No word yet on whether or not she’ll face any legal problems over this bit of acting out.

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Jessica Alba is under criminal investigation for daring to take a stand on behalf of great white sharks — in Oklahoma!

Oklahoma City cops tell us the city’s Director of Parks and Recreation — Wendell Whisenhunt — filed a police report after photos surfaced of Alba allegedly defacing electrical boxes, a bridge and a United Way billboard. Alba was on a mission, gluing posters that are part of a campaign to save the great whites.

The problem — the glue is so gnarly the posters aren’t coming off. Cops say they want to have a chat with Alba, who’s in town filming a movie.

Alba, it seems, is scrambling. Her rep has already called the United Way, offering to replace the billboard.

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