Ticket scalper convicted of trespassing on WVU property
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia doesn’t have any law specifically addressing ticket scalping. But there are laws against trespassing.
A man learned that recently when he was convicted of trespassing on West Virginia University property.
The Dominion Post reported Monongalia County Magistrate Jim Nabors found 50-year-old Timothy L. Cohen guilty and ordered him to pay a $100 fine. Nabors said the trespassing charge stemmed from ticket scalping.
West Virginia University police Chief Bob Roberts said his department issues five or six trespassing citations each year during football and basketball seasons.
Roberts said people who scalp tickets on WVU property typically are given a verbal warning for a first offense. They are given a written warning for a second offense and a citation for a third offense.