" A Hamilton County judge today denied a defense motion to dismiss burglary charges filed against Greenpeace protesters who hung banners from Procter & Gamble’s headquarters in Cincinnati.
“The defendants forced the locks on multiple windows (on the 12th floor
of the buildings), resulting in vandalism charges,” Piepmeier argued.
Some of the defendants then rappelled down the sides of the 17-story
towers and hung 50-foot banners, which “caused alarm to persons inside
and outside the Procter & Gamble buildings.”
The protesters could be sentenced to up to nine-and-a-half years in
prison if found guilty of the felony burglary and vandalism charges.
They also could be fined up to $20,000 each."
[Cinti. Business Courier]
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