Crime & Safety
Homeless Man Charged After Banging on Glass at Geneva Police Station
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Geneva police arrested William Taber, 42, a homeless man, on charges of criminal trespass to state land and disorderly conduct around 6:30 a.m. Oct. 28 at the Geneva Police Department, 20 Police Plaza.
Reports said Taber came into the Geneva Police Department lobby “frantically yelling and banging on the glass window" of the reception area.
Taber had been served on Aug. 22 with a no-trespass letter and had been warned verbally not to return to the Geneva Police Department or other specified properties unless it was an emergency. Justification for the warning was outlined in at least seven Geneva police reports.
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