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E&E News
6 days ago
- Politics
- E&E News
Wyoming rancher wants Supreme Court to slam door on ‘corner-crossing'
A Wyoming rancher is asking the Supreme Court to reverse an appellate court's ruling on 'corner-crossing' that allows hunters and others to cross over slivers of private property on their way to public land throughout the West. Citing an 'important and recurring' question affecting property rights across 150 million acres, attorneys for the Iron Bar ranch urged the high court to scrutinize the earlier ruling issued last March by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That unanimous decision by a three-judge appellate panel gave the green light to so-called corner-crossing, which occurs when an individual steps from one public tract to another, passing diagonally across two adjacent parcels of private property. Iron Bar's attorneys call this trespass. Advertisement 'This case presents questions of profound legal and practical significance,' a team led by attorney R. Reeves Anderson, identified as the counsel of record, wrote in a petition for a writ of certiorari filed with the Supreme Court.
ABC News
17-07-2025
- ABC News
Man jailed after setting off fire hydrants at Australian Bragg Centre, causing 'significant water damage'
A man who was found in his underwear and chewing on an espresso pod after causing over $7 million of damage to a building in Adelaide's CBD has been jailed for at least 18 months. Daniel Michael Loeser, 32, of Ingle Farm, was sentenced in South Australia's District Court on Thursday after previously pleading guilty to one count of serious criminal trespass and one count of damaging a building. District Court Judge Geraldine Davison said Loeser had entered the Australian Bragg Centre in the early hours of January 5 and set off fire hydrants on six levels of the building, causing "significant water damage". In sentencing, Judge Davison said the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) arrived at the building at 1:20am and "noticed extensive flooding on level two of the building". "Special tools [were] needed to open the door, behind the [stairwell] door the water had been backed up to approximately a metre in height," she said. "The risers to the fire hydrant valves on levels eight to 15 had each been manually opened, causing the flooding. "The entire building suffered significant water damage amounting to a total sum of about $2 million, but with other costs associated with getting the building rectified, the damage is now currently claimed to be over $7 million." Judge Davison said Loeser was then found in the kitchen on one of the floors. "You were wearing nothing but your underwear and chewing on what appeared to be an espresso pod whilst holding several knives in your hands," she said. She said Loeser had been released from the Adelaide Remand Centre shortly before the offending, where he had been held for separate charges. "It was shortly after your release on bail that you were wandering through the city and came across the Bragg Centre, you were at that time coming off GHB and a submission was made [that] you had been up for several days," she said. "There is no dispute that you were in a state where you were significantly affected by substances at the time that you entered the Bragg Centre. "This state of intoxication at the time likely resulted in a reduced understanding of your behaviour and impaired ability to control it." Judge Davison said Loeser told a psychologist he was trying to gain access to the Royal Adelaide Hospital when he broke into the medical centre. "You didn't intend to trespass in the building or damage property by activating the sprinklers, but rather you were attempting to access the hospital in order to receive treatment for your self-induced mental health issues," she said. She said Loeser's actions not only caused property damage but caused distress to the tenants. "By your reckless behaviour, you have caused significant damage and undoubtedly this has been distressing for many people who have had to deal with the aftermath of your behaviour," she said. Loeser was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 18 months. The sentence was backdated to when he was taken into custody on January 5, meaning he will be eligible for parole in June next year.
The Sun
08-07-2025
- The Sun
Woman ‘sexually assaulted by man who broke into her home' in seaside town as ‘intruder', 31, is charged
A MAN has been charged after a young woman was "sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home". Cops rushed to the property in Eastbourne, East Sussex, at around 10.40am on Friday after receiving calls concerned about a burglar. There, they arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of burglary and of trespass with intent to commit a relevant sexual offence. Sussex Police said this incident was then linked to an additional report of a burglary on the same morning on an adjoining street. Now, cops have confirmed that Mohammad Raza, 31, was subsequently charged with burglary, sexual assault, and trespass with intent to commit a relevant sexual offence. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun. 1
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Backstreet Boys singer in ugly lawsuit battle after sunbathing 'crimes' on Florida beach
Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell has sued a Florida county - where he and his family have a beach house - over trespassers. In his complaint, filed June 19, the 50-year-old claims the Walton County Sheriff's Office are not helping control trespassers sunbathing on his private Santa Rosa Beach property.
BreakingNews.ie
07-07-2025
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Judge upholds trespass conviction against anti-immigrant activist
Philip Dwyer trespassed at a direct provision centre for International Protection (IP) applicants at Inch in Co Clare where residents were being besieged by protesters outside the property, a court has heard. At Ennis Circuit Court on Monday evening, Judge Francis Comerford upheld the trespass conviction imposed on prominent anti-immigrant activist, Mr Dwyer at Magowna House on May 18th 2023. Advertisement Described in court by his counsel Anne Doyle BL as a 'Citizen Journalist', Mr Dwyer (56) of Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght, Dublin 24 was appealing the district court trespass conviction imposed in March and Judge Comerford also affirmed the district court fine of €500. Mr Dwyer told the court that he was at Magowna House to ask questions in his role as a journalist. Judge Comerford said that Mr Dwyer 'might be entitled to make inquiries and go to someone's door, but he went well beyond it here". At the time, there were protests at Magowna House where 29 International Protection applicants were being accommodated and there were blockades on local roads which were attracting media attention. Advertisement Judge Comerford said that a group of people here came to seek refuge 'and were brought by the State to a relatively isolated, rural location where they were alone and away from a lot of resources and facilities'. He said: 'And in effect, they were besieged in the premises they were brought to. It was made absolutely clear to them that they weren't welcome and there were protesters outside the property and there were bales of hay blocking access to prevent others joining them.' Judge Comerford said that the big difference between Mr Dwyer and protesters outside was that he did come inside the property where the other protesters didn't. Judge Comerford said that he accepted the evidence of the manager of Magowna House at the time, Ahlam Salman, who said that Mr Dwyer's presence on the property made her feel 'afraid'. Advertisement Video footage made by Mr Dwyer was played to the court where he can be heard saying that he has arrived at a "people trafficking centre". In the footage shown in court, Mr Dwyer can be heard saying 'These are all foreign people telling me what I can't do in my own country'. Mr Dwyer can be seen addressing a Ukrainian man wearing a fluorescent jacket asking: 'Do you think Irish people are stupid? Do you think we are all idiots? I wouldn't blame you, to be honest with you.' He asks later: 'What is your problem? You are not in Ukraine, this is my country…What are you hiding? I am just asking questions on behalf of the people of Ireland…. The people in this country are very concerned about this.' Advertisement After seeing some men believed to be IP applicants staying at the centre, Mr Dwyer asks: 'Why are these people covering their faces….This is Ireland. This is my country.' Counsel for the State, Sarah Jane Comerford BL (instructed by State Solicitor for Clare, Aisling Casey) said to Mr Dwyer that his words "had a menacing undertone" to those he spoke on the property. In response, Mr Dwyer said: 'I wasn't menacing to anybody.' He said: 'I 100 per cent stand over those comments. We all have to respect one another. I tried to be respectful when I went in there." He said: 'I was treated very badly. I was treated with hostility…I felt quite intimidated as well. That is part of the job." He went on to tell the court: 'I have thousands of viewers, sometimes hundreds of thousands.' Counsel for Mr Dwyer, Anne Doyle BL said that she was not instructed by her client not to enter any mitigation concerning penalty 'as my client stands by his actions'. Ms Doyle said that 'he maintains that he was working in the course of his duties and does not accept the verdict'.
