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Man @ 1989 concert detained and charged 60k bail
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The man, identified by police as Christian Ewing, 26, was able to get into the sold-out show, even though he did not have a ticket, ]San Diego police Sgt. Lisa McKean said. It is unclear how he made it onto the field at Petco, let alone onto the stage.
Ewing was first detected on the field, before he got on stage. After noticing he wasn’t wearing a wristband, some of Swift's tour security guards confronted Ewing and detained him until they could turn him over to stadium security. As stadium security escorted Ewing away, the guard stumbled or lost control, Sgt. McKean said, and Ewing was able to escape his grip.
Ewing then managed to jump on stage during Swift’s performance. Four security guards tackled the 5-foot-9-inch, 185-pound man and took him into custody. One guard broke a rib during the scuffle, according to Sgt. McKean.
If Swift was aware of the incident, which took place to the left behind her, she showed no sign of it. Her performance of "Style" continued uninterrupted
Ewing was booked into jail on numerous charges, including felony battery causing serious bodily injury, felony battery against a police officer, felony obstructing or resisting an executive officer, misdemeanor battery, misdemeanor obstructing a public officer and two infractions — being a spectator in a prohibited area and entering a venue without a ticket.
He is being held in downtown San Diego jail on $60,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned Wednesday if he does not post bon
The struggle was near her drummer and bass player to her left," Alfred said.
"He mistimed it. Ewing ran on stage just before she came up on stage. If it was 15 seconds later, he would have been right in her face."
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