VANCOUVER—A trespassing charge against alleged Safeco Field streaker David McClearn will be waived provided McClearn doesn’t break any laws or enter the field for the next six months, a Seattle court has ruled. According to Dan Nolte, communications director for the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, the charge of trespassing will be removed from McClearn’s record if he complies with the agreement, which also includes notifying the court of any change of address and appearing at all scheduled hearings.Nolte added that the Seattle Police Department originally recommended McClearn be charged with indecent exposure, but the attorney’s office chose not to pursue that. Such a charge is usually reserved for offences more “sexual in nature, or provocative, like a flasher for instance,” Nolte said. McClearn, 28, has been identified as a Vancouver resident charged for a streaking incident at Seattle’s Safeco Field during a Saturday game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. After his arrest on Saturday, he spent the night in jail and was released on $2,000 bail, which was refunded by a judge on Wednesday. A GoFundMe page set up by “John White,” who claims to be McClearn’s friend, is seeking to raise $4,000 to help with his legal defence. The page says the streaking stunt was originally spurred by an $80 bet. It’s still active as of Wednesday afternoon. Rebecca Hayle, director of public information at Safeco Field, said games are staffed with off-duty police officers and contracted security guards to protect audiences, players and the umpires.“You just don’t know if that person running on the field has some bad intentions. We just don’t know that, so you have to treat every one of these situations seriously, and you have to act quickly, and you have to do it in such a way that you are hopefully discouraging other people from doing the same thing,” she said.She acknow ...
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