Montee Ball scores on a 6-yard touchdown run on Dec. 3. Ball was ticketed for trespassing Saturday in Madison. Credit: Associated Press

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Badger running back Montee Ball was ticketed Saturday for trespassing during the annual Mifflin Street Block Party in Madison, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.

Ball was on the porch of a Mifflin St. residence and someone who lives there did not know him and didn't want him on the porch, DeSpain said.

Several residences on Mifflin St. this year have posted no-trespassing signs, which allows police to issue tickets if unwanted people are on the property, DeSpain said.

DeSpain said Ball was cooperative and drinking was not an issue with the University of Wisconsin football player.

DeSpain said that as of 4 p.m. Saturday, 256 people had been ticketed for trespassing, having open intoxicants and underage drinking. Ball's ticket was for $429, DeSpain said.

The block party is a long-standing tradition for students attending UW-Madison. Last year, two people were stabbed and three police officers were injured during the party.

For this year's event, Madison police have kept Mifflin St. open to traffic and most of the people participating in the party are on porches or in backyards along the 500 and 600 blocks of W. Mifflin St., he said.

"They can't be in the streets this year, and so that's why a number of people have been cited," he said.

DeSpain said there have been no serious issues so far, although the event is not over yet.