Virginia Avenue trespassing complaint ends with 29-year-old jailed on $1,000 bond
CUMBERLAND, MD – A man accused of soliciting customers for money at a Cumberland business allegedly kept doing it while officers repeatedly ordered him off the property, then resisted when police told him he was under arrest.
Cumberland Police responded Monday to a business in the 400 block of Virginia Avenue following a report of a man trespassing and attempting to solicit money from customers.
Officers arrived and located Malik Bernard Freeman, 29, of Cumberland, on the property.
Police said Freeman received several orders to leave.
During those orders, Freeman allegedly attempted to solicit money from another person.
Officers then informed him that he was being placed under arrest.
Police said Freeman resisted before officers were eventually able to secure him in hand restraints.
Freeman was transported to the Allegany County Detention Center.
He was held on $1,000 bond pending trial.
Freeman faces charges of trespassing on private property, failure to obey and resisting or interfering with arrest.
The charges are allegations. Freeman is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Key Points
- Police responded to a business in the 400 block of Virginia Avenue following a trespassing and solicitation complaint.
- Police allege Malik Bernard Freeman, 29, continued attempting to solicit money while officers ordered him to leave.
- Freeman faces three charges and was held at the Allegany County Detention Center on $1,000 bond.
