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Updated February 28th, 2020 at 22:41 IST

Man ordered into diversion for popping ‘Baby Trump’ balloon

An Alabama man arrested for slashing a towering protest balloon depicting President Donald Trump as a baby was ordered to attend counseling and complete community service for a chance at getting the charges dismissed.

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An Alabama man arrested for slashing a towering protest balloon depicting President Donald Trump as a baby was ordered to attend counseling and complete community service for a chance at getting the charges dismissed.

If Hoyt Hutchinson, 32, finishes the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s diversion program without any other infractions, the case and charges against him could be removed from his record, WIAT-TV reported on Thursday. Hutchinson will also be required to pay $3,500 to the group that rents out the inflatable for the damages, the news outlet said.

Hutchinson is accused of deflating the diaper-clad “Baby Trump” during a University of Alabama football game the President attended in November. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) inflatable, commonly used as a protest symbol, was set up in a nearby park.

Hutchinson told a radio show about a week later that he yelled at the protesters when he first spotted the balloon, but later bought a University of Alabama shirt to blend into the crowd, got close to the balloon and sliced an 8-foot-long (2.4-meter-long) gash in it while pretending to take a picture. Hutchinson described his actions as a matter of “good versus evil.”

Hutchinson was charged with first-degree criminal mischief, Tuscaloosa police have said.

(Image Credit: PTI)

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Published February 28th, 2020 at 22:41 IST

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