Trespassing

Baltimore County police said a male juvenile was arrested for trespassing near Towson Town Center about 9 p.m. Saturday. The juvenile was taken to the Towson precinct and charged, according to police. In a separate incident, David Keating, a spokesman for General Growth Properties, the owner of the mall, said a group of 10 to 12 girls "apparently got into some kind of verbal confrontation. " "Our security approached them at that point and they left the mall," he said.

A 25-year-old man arrested for trespassing in North County High School this month - and who was found to have a number of legal, high-powered weapons in his home - has been ordered held without bond. Justin Matthew Beaumont, of Glen Burnie, was held at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center after a bond review hearing Wednesday, according to Kristin Fleckenstein, spokeswoman for the Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office. Beaumont was arrested at North County High School on Feb. 4, according to police accounts.

HAGERSTOWN -- Prosecutors are dropping charges against a father who had been accused of trespassing at his son's Little League game. Ricky A. Hockensmith, 47, was arrested last year amid a yearlong feud among parents of players in Hagerstown's National Little League. After petitioning for an election for a new league board, Hockensmith defied a league order to stay away from the fields at Hagerstown's Staley Park. He was convicted of trespassing and fined $50 after a hearing in December in District Court and appealed that ruling to Washington County Circuit Court.

Baltimore City prosecutors on Monday quietly dropped all charges against activist Kim A. Trueheart, whom police banned last month from City Hall and arrested as she tried to enter the building. Online court records show the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office dropped charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct and failing to obey an officer in Baltimore district court. A spokesman for the city prosecutors' office confirmed that information Tuesday. The spokesman, Mark Cheshire, said prosecutors made the decision to dismiss the case after "a thorough review of all the evidence.

Police arrested a Baltimore County man Tuesday and charged him with burglary and trespassing in an early-morning incident at an Annapolis home.Scott Matthew Laurie, 27, of the 4600 block of Wilkens Ave. was charged with fourth-degree burglary and trespassing. He was released on his own recognizance Tuesday.Dimitri Sfakiyanudis, 53, of the 500 block of Wayward Drive called police about 4 a.m. and told them he saw a man open his rear fence gate and walk up on the deck.Mr. Sfakiyanudis said the man was walking toward his back door when he yelled and scared the man away, police said.

Edward Lamont Wells cannot stay away from Meadowood Townhouses in Edgewood -- a forbidden attraction that has landed him frequently in Harford District Court and in the county jail.Mr. Wells was sentenced to 30 days in jail Tuesday for trespassing on the private property. He has two more trespassing charges pending against him and has been convicted several times in the past two years for inhaling harmful substances, court records show.Mr. Wells, 25, a former Meadowood resident, was barred from the property Sept.

A Howard County District Court judge delayed the peeping tom case against county police Detective Francis Mort yesterday, saying it needed to be specially set in front of an out-of-county judge. Mort, 33, of the 6300 block of Ducketts Lane, Elkridge, was charged with two counts of trespassing in late January after two residents of an Elkridge apartment complex called police to say they had seen a man peering into windows. Officers who responded Jan. 26 said they saw Mort walking out of a building in the 6300 block of Orchard Club Court, according to charging documents.

Howard County students who trespass on school grounds will be tracked in new central system logs and can be suspended or expelled, according to new trespassing policies adopted by Howard County school officials last week.The policies resulted from the death of a Wilde Lake High School teacher in May after a fight that involved Wilde Lake students and Howard High students who were trespassing at Wilde Lake during lunchtime."The old policy, we felt, was not explicit enough," said Marcie Leonard, a Wilde Lake High teacher who helped draft the new policies.

Actor John Heard Jr., best known for his role as the father in the movie "Home Alone," was found guilty yesterday in Eastside District Court on charges of trespassing and two counts of telephone misuse.Heard, 50, was accused of harassing his ex-girlfriend, actress Melissa Leo, 36, through several phone calls he made to her Fells Point home during a four-month period last year. He called the house in attempts to speak with their 9-year-old son. He also was charged with harassing and assaulting Leo's live-in boyfriend, John A. E. Russell.

County prosecutors may drop charges against a county grading inspector found guilty of trespassing in June.On Wednesday, State's Attorney Frank Weathersbee said he discussed the case against William E. Watkins, a county inspector for five years, with the Crownsville farmer who filed the trespass charges. Weathersbee said he'll decide whether to go forward with the case by Monday.A District Court judge found Watkins guilty June 10 of trespassing on Francis M. Gasperich's tree farm. Watkins, who entered the site Feb. 8, 1990, with county police to investigate complaints of illegaldumping and grading, asked for a new trial in Circuit Court.

Anne Arundel County police found a stash of high-powered weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an Uzi carbine, at the home of a 25-year-old man who they said entered North County High School in Glen Burnie through a back door. Police said Justin Matthew Beaumont, 25, of the 6000 block of Eiderdown Road in Glen Burnie got into the school around 1:45 p.m. Monday by following a school employee. He was later apprehended by the school's resource officer and charged with misdemeanor trespassing.

Holding cut-outs of activist Kim Trueheart's face, protesters objected at Wednesday morning's Board of Estimates meeting to her ban from City Hall. "I was with Kim Trueheart a week ago when she was arrested trying to attend this very meeting," fellow activist Mike McGuire said. "As anyone who has been around City Hall knows, Kim is quite a fixture. With her banning from City Hall, and her subsequent arrest, she couldn't be here. We wanted to make sure she was present at least in spirit.

Sunday's Ravens game at M&T Bank Stadium was briefly interrupted when a semi-nude man leaped onto the field dressed in tight Batman shorts and a cape. Mark Harvey, a 26-year-old truck driver from Severn, is no newbie when it comes to streaking: He made a similar sally onto the field at Camden Yards on the Orioles' Opening Day in April. Harvey made his move two minutes before the end of the second quarter, according to a police report. A video shot by Harvey's friends and posted to YouTube shows him jumping onto the field before heading to midfield and dancing around like a crab, then blowing kisses to the crowd.

The former owner of the Senator Theatre told a police officer "he wished to be arrested in an attempt to get the media involved," according to charging documents in the Aug. 13 incident outside the Baltimore cinema. Tom Kiefaber was arrested that day and charged with trespassing. Below is the text of the charging document; it also appears as a related item (see left). There are seven charges filed against Kiefaber by James "Buzz" Cusack, current operator of the Senator: five counts of trespassing, one count of harassment and an accusation of illegal dumping (at the Senator on Aug. 8)

Tom Kiefaber, former owner of the Senator Theatre , was released from jail Tuesday and gave his own account of events leading to his arrest Monday at the cinema, denying that he has trespassed and harassed the current owners. Kiefaber had been charged Monday with trespassing and taken to Central Booking downtown. Later that day, a Baltimore district judge issued a temporary peace order prohibiting Kiefaber from contacting Kathleen Cusack, who operates the Senator along with her father, James "Buzz" Cusack.

Days after operators of Baltimore's Senator Theatre accused former owner Tom Kiefaber of trespassing at the movie house and harassing workers, Kiefaber was arrested Monday at the site. Police were called to the York Road theater Monday morning where Kiefaber was being "unruly and inappropriate," said Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. He was making threats and refused to leave, Guglielmi said. Kiefaber was charged with trespassing and taken to Central Booking downtown.

Three Dundalk residents wading near the Broening Highway bridge over Colgate Creek in pursuit of crabs yesterday instead netted criminal trespassing citations from police, who have been increasing security around the port in response to terrorism. The charges were ordered by the chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, who announced in a news release that he had spotted the afternoon crabbers and directed his officers to issue criminal citations carrying maximum penalties of 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.

Hanging out on rowhouse steps is a typical Baltimore thing to do. Unless they're not your steps. Then you're loitering. Or trespassing. And probably up to no good. Cops spend their shifts ushering people off corners and other people's steps and they use the loitering law to stop and frisk thousands of people each year. It's harassment to some, a relief to others, and a tool for police to detain people in their war on drugs and guns. Loitering is a rarely prosecuted crime, but frustrated residents across the city have devised unique ways to try to keep people off their steps.

With the outfield at Oriole Park at Camden Yards turning into a track meet for trespassers, the team has decided to hire private security guards to augment the Baltimore Police officers working the game. According to Comcast Sportsnet Baltimore , the private guards started working Monday. They wear white shirts and khaki pants, and line the field before the game and between innings. City police officers continue to work the games in their usual role. "Really, the thing that got us to this point - I wouldn't say it's an embarrassment - it's just not acceptable.

Amnesty for fans who jump on the field and run around like maniacs at Oriole Park at Camden Yards appears to be over.  Like a Caped Crusader vanishing into the night, Mark Harvey - the guy who ran onto the field on Opening Day in a cape and Batman underwear - escaped criminal charges for his stunt due to a "miscommunication" by prosecutors. And while the State's Attorney's Office still had the ability to charge him after the fact, they opted not to while simultaneously vowing to prosecute others in the future.  So was it an empty threat?