BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
HAMILTON -- An Oxford man and four juveniles face trespassing and drug charges after being arrested early Tuesday in the Reily Cemetery off Peoria-Reily Road.
Brian Joyner, 18, of College Corner Pike in Oxford is charged with four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and criminal trespassing after he was found in the Reily Township cemetery around 1 a.m. with the juveniles, authorities said.
The four juveniles were charged with criminal trespassing and possession of drugs after they told Butler County sheriff's deputies that they had ingested LSD. The juveniles were taken to Fort Hamilton-Hughes Hospital for evaluation but were released to deputies, Butler County Sheriff Harold Gabbard said in a news release.
No LSD was found and the investigation is continuing.
"They're still looking at the possibility of it being in the car," Lt. Anthony Dwyer said. Two of the juveniles also are charged with obstructing official business. Another has an additional criminal damage charge.
The group and emergency vehicles damaged the lawn of the cemetery, but no tombstones were defaced, said Township Trustee Nicholas Schwab. Cost estimates of the damage have not been determined, but the township will repair the lawn.
"We were very lucky," Mr. Schwab said. "There is no locked gate; they just drove in."
The cemetery is one of three owned by the township.
Mr. Joyner was taken to the Butler County Jail and the juveniles were placed in the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center.
The group was discovered after a deputy on routine patrol noticed tire tracks on the cemetery lawn.
"He saw the marks in the cemetery and that led him to do additional investigation," Lt. Dwyer said.
