A 30-year-old off-duty police officer was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing for moving to a better seat at Citi Field last night. In other words, Eduardo Cornejo was arrested for doing something that every baseball fan has done at some point in their lives.
According to police, the seven-year-veteran had a paid seat to last night's Mets/Reds game at Citi Field, but he moved down to a better seat at some point. Around 9:30 p.m., he was cornered by security—it seems that Cornejo refused to move back to his old seat, he was arrested, and he may not have gotten the chance to see the Mets give up 4 runs in the 8th inning on their way to a 6-3 loss.
But this is completely ridiculous: if this incident really did unfold around 9:30 p.m., that means it was at the very end of the game (which had started at 7:10 p.m.). There were only 22,659 people in attendance, which is 53.9% full. In our experience, you won't be bothered at Citi Field if you move around after the 7th inning. But we guess shit really is fucked up and bullshit these days.
