[Correction: A New York Post story on this topic revealed that Reyes could face 15 days in jail for the reduced charge.]
A smug SeanPaul “Long Island Audit” Reyes stood by his attorney, Jacob Uriel, outside of a courthouse in New York State on Thursday on a livestream to announce that his charges of third-degree trespassing were reducing to non-criminal trespassing at his arraignment hearing.
Reyes was arrested in June for confronting Union Members at the Suffolk Police Benevolent Association building in Suffolk County, New York, and charged with third degree trespassing. He spent a few hours in jail over the incident, and his world-famous electronic billboard truck was towed off of the property.
The rotund YouTuber would return to the facility in early July with a planned “huge” protest that drew around 20 to 30 followers during a massive heatwave. Reyes made a speech to protesters, who, for some strange reason, avoided eye contact with the first amendment auditing superstar, and avoided engagement.
Long time observers of the YouTuber and First Amendment advocate have claimed that Reyes staged the June incident as part of a pattern of “outrage” that results in an arrest and fuels his GoFundMe campaigns for the summer.
Last year, Reyes’s encounter with a now retired Connecticut State Trooper at the Trooper’s home resulted in over $50,000.00 in new donations and propelled his fundraising to new heights for the year.
This year’s version of the June outrage has not fared as well, with the YouTuber only bringing in $7,323.00 since the June incident. He took in another $13.00 for Thursday’s take to his We the People v. Police Union Power fund, with $13.00 in donations going to his Support The Fight Against Tyranny & Corruption fund.
Reyes was defeated by long time rival Jose “Chille” DeCastro, who took the top slot with $1,180.00 in new donations to his Help Me Defend My Constitutional Rights fund, which has now surpassed Reyes’ newest GoFundMe by raising $7,640.00 in a little over a week.
As for Wednesday’s announcement, Reyes accused PBA President Lou Civello of committing perjury as the statement he made to support non-criminal trespassing differed greatly from the statement he made that resulted in Reyes being charged with third degree criminal trespassing.
Attorney Uriel noted that he provided the police with a full and unedited copy of Reyes’ footage of the incident, which may have been the cause of the changes in Civello’s story.
Reyes stated that he purposely walked backwards off of PBA property during the incident while throwing questions at Civello. He said he wanted the police to see his hands at all time, while he was fully complying with the trespassing law and continuing to move himself backwards and off the property.
Both men promised that they would see Reyes’s charges to trial and that Reyes would be taking civil action against the police union at some point.
While the reduced trespassing charges no longer carry jail time, Reyes could ultimately face a fine for the June incident.
