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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Kingston man claimed he was waiting for his girlfriend but city police allege he was trespassing.</p><p>Patrick Tosh, 66, of Market Street, was arraigned Tuesday on a charge he trespassed on the campus of Wilkes University on June 18.</p><p>Four days later on June 22, Tosh was charged with illegally being on the campus of King&#8217;s College where he caused a disturbance and threatened security officers, authorities report.</p><p>Police said they are familiar with Tosh from similar trespassing incidents on college campuses.</p><p>Court records say Tosh pleaded guilty to defiant trespass on Sept. 3, 2009, after being advised multiple times to leave King&#8217;s when he was spotted lurking around the Sheehy Farmer Student Center on Aug. 27, 2009. Sentencing information could not be found for that case.</p><p>According to the latest criminal complaints:</p><p>Police responded to the area of 140 S. River St. on June 18 where Wilkes public safety officers detained Tosh.</p><p>He claimed he was waiting for his girlfriend, but public safety officers warned him to stay off university property.</p><p>Tosh was arraigned by District Judge Alexandra Kokura Kravitz in Luzerne County Central Court on a single count of defiant trespass. He was jailed at the county lockup for lack of $10,000 bail.</p><p>Regarding the King&#8217;s case, Tosh pleaded guilty to a summary offense of defiant trespass and was fined, court records say.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Kingston man allegedly trespassed at Wilkes University