Crime & Safety

Gaithersburg Man Charged Onto Cricket World Cup Field In NY: PD

An MD man jumped over the fence, entered a cricket playing field without permission and ran toward the players, police in New York say.

EAST MEADOW, NY — A Maryland man was arrested after Nassau police said he entered the Cricket World Cup field without permission at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Saturday.

Ashwin Godker, 31, of Gaithersburg, jumped a fence and entered the field around 1 p.m., police said. Godker continued to run out onto the field toward the players, and Nassau police arrested him without incident, police said.

No injuries were reported, the department said.

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Godker was charged with third-degree criminal trespass. He was set to be arraigned on Sunday at First District Court, at 99 Main St., Hempstead.

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