It's been a busy weekend for the

protesters.

First, they were told by police -- twice -- to relocate when they tried to set up camp at a busy city intersection.

Then, today, someone set up a fake Occupy Allentown Facebook profile and started posting obscene messages on the walls of various other profiles, falsely claiming to represent the real group.

Adam Santo, the Occupy Allentown organizer, said he believes both incidents are only signs that the movement, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests, is gaining in stature locally.

Occupy Allentown has held camp at Seventh and Hamilton streets since Oct. 3, Santo said.

They considered setting up a second demonstration at Hamilton Boulevard and Ott Street on Friday and Saturday, but were asked by city police to relocate because there have previously been several accidents at that intersection, said Allentown Police Capt. Dean Schwartz.

Santo said he and fellow Occupy supporters on Friday visited that location not to protest, but to scope out the location for a possible protest Saturday. However, within a few minutes, Santo said nine squad cars, a police motorcycle and a riot van had arrived and told them to leave or they could be arrested.

Schwartz said no arrests were made, but he could not comment on the specifics during the Friday and Saturday incidents because he was not working during them.

The fake Facebook profile was started Sunday using the same name and same profile photo as the actual Occupy Allentown Facebook page.

That profile then made posts on the Facebook walls of Occupy Pottstown and other groups supporting the Occupy movement, falsely claiming that Occupy Allentown was disbanding

"because we're scared and tired."

It also posted obscenities on the Facebook pages of the Allentown Economic Development Corp. and "Mic Check Corporate Media 1-2-12," the latter of which has pages calling for protests against news media outlets.

Santo said a report was filed with Facebook seeking to have it removed.

Efforts to reach the creators of the fake profile were not successful.

Santo said Occupy Allentown will maintain its presence at Seventh and Hamilton streets, but in upcoming weeks they also plan to set up other, more mobile protests around the city then change locations every few days.

About 15 or 20 people usually participate during the week, Santo said, but they have reached numbers as high as 40 during weekends.