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SPRINGFIELD -- It was Thursday afternoon and Dermont E. Weaver Jr. was back in court.

Two days after his arrest for allegedly trashing a hotel room in West Springfield, Weaver, 31, pleaded not guilty to his latest charge -- malicious damage over $250.

The damage is likely to be well over $250, judging from the arrest report. During a four-day stay at the Clarion hotel, Weaver tore the headboard off the bed, broke a lamp, flooded the bathroom and urinated on the king-sized mattress, the report said.

"The entire room was destroyed," the manager told police, estimating the damage to be about $3,500, the report said.

Compared to his last appearance in Springfield District Court, Weaver's arraignment Thursday was relatively routine. In December, a judge postponed Weaver's

arraignment on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior at the request of defense lawyer Anna Levine.

"The defendant has no pants," said Levine, who left at lunch to buy a pair for her client.

After undergoing a 20-day psychiatric evaluation, Weaver pleaded not guilty to those charges and was released with orders to obtain mental health counseling and report for weekly meetings with his probation officer.

While staying at the West Springfield hotel this week, Weaver appeared naked outside his room on several occasions, including once to ask an employee to "get him his shorts and a Bible," according to the manager's statement to police.

An employee spoke to Weaver about "being naked and the need to wear appropriate clothing ... as we have families with kids staying at the hotel," the manager told police.

In addition to asking for $2,500 bail on the new charges, Assistant District Attorney Cary Szfaranski asked Judge William Boyle to revoke the defendant's release in five other pending cases, citing the "sheer volume" of charges against him and his repeated failures to show up in court.

In March, after Weaver failed to appear for a pretrial hearing, Judge Paul Smyth issued an arrest warrant.

Defense lawyer Patrick Goodreau opposed the request, saying it was not clear whether Weaver had deliberately damaged the hotel room.

Several of Weaver's open cases were filed a relatively "long time ago," said Goodreau, who asked for $250 cash bail on the new charges and opposed revoking bail in the other cases.

"The charges are from a long time ago because he doesn't come to court," Szafranski responded.

Boyle sided with the prosecutor, setting bail at $2,500 on the new charges and revoking Weaver's release on five earlier cases.