Kimball Perry

kperry@enquirer.com

A man previously banned from Great American Ball Park but arrested in June at the stadium has been banned again.

Troy Sexton, 41, of West Virginia, was arrested in June and charged with a felony that could have sent him to prison for three years.

Instead, he was convicted Tuesday by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Carl Stich of criminal trespass, a low-level misdemeanor. Stich sentenced Sexton to a $250 fine and banned him from enterinSellg Great American Ball Park, where the Reds play, and Paul Brown Stadium, where the Cincinnati Bengals play.

Stich also placed Sexton on probation for six months but told him he didn't have to report to a probation officer. That means if Sexton gets in no more trouble in the next six months, the probation is over.

In the June 10 incident, Sexton was arrested when he tried to enter the Reds stadium after posting online that he was going to the game to "shatter lives."

Sexton was known to Major League Baseball teams because he posted Internet videos about his favorite player, then-Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Joe Beimel.

Sexton previously was banned from GABP in 2008 after police said he got into a fight in the stands that drew so much attention it briefly delayed the Reds-Dodgers game. He was convicted in that incident, fined $341 and told to stay out of GABP.