Toledo v. Sauger

Pietrykowski, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Jeffrey Sauger, appeals a December 11, 2007 judgment of the Toledo Municipal Court convicting him of the offense of criminal trespass and sentencing him to pay a $50 fine and costs. The offense is a violation of Toledo Municipal Code 541.05 and a fourth-degree misdemeanor. The conviction is based upon a guilty verdict in a three-day jury trial.

{¶ 2} Sauger is a freelance photographer. On December 10, 2005, he came to Toledo to cover a Nationalist Socialist Movement rally. On that date, Sauger was taking photographs while standing inside a…