Banned Dodger fan arrested at Reds stadium

A West Virginia man known for his rabid support for the Los Angeles Dodgers is in jail accused of crimes at Great American Ball Park.

Troy Sexton, 40, of Hurricane, West Virginia, is at the Hamilton County Justice Center after he was arrested Tuesday night at the Reds game, six years after being banned from Great American Ball Park after his involvement in a fight caused so much commotion that it delayed the game.

Sexton was charged with criminal trespass and obstructing officials business and ordered jailed Wednesday on $40,000 in bonds by Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Brad Greenberg. Sexton is back in court Thursday to face a felony charge of burglary stemming from the same incident. Court documents note Sexton previously was told to stay "off of Great American Ball Park property," but was there Tuesday.

Sexton came to the Reds game, court documents note, despite being banned following a 2008 arrest at the park. This time, court documents note, Sexton "was coming to the ball park to 'shatter lives' the next couple days."

Reds' spokesman Rob Butcher wouldn't discuss the arrest or Sexton but he's well-known to the Dodgers.

Sexton has a reputation for doing odd things and being a fan of the Dodgers, who played the Reds at Tuesday's game, especially former left-handed relief pitcher Joe Beimel, now with the Seattle Mariners. Sexton is a Beimel fan who posted several YouTube videos of his adoration for the reliever.

One video, showing a man believed to be Sexton wearing a Dodger T-shirt and hat and working out by placing four children in a wagon and trying to pull them up a steep hill as well as using an ax to chop down a very thin tree. It ends with the man holding up a Beimel jersey and yelling, "Go Beimel."

Sexton was kicked out of Great American Ball Park in 2008 while the Dodgers were playing the Reds.

During a June 17, 2008 game, Sexton was accused of being involved in a fight that drew so much attention, the game was delayed. He was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. In exchange for Sexton pleading guilty to disorderly conduct, the resisting arrest charge was dropped. In addition to a night in jail in that incident, his sentence also included $341 in fines and court costs.

His Thursday appearance in court is more serious. His obstructing official business and criminal trespass charges are misdemeanors but the burglary charge he has to answer to Thursday is a felony that carries a maximum prison sentence of three years.