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New Jersey man charged with doing doughnuts on the greens at Trumps Bedminster course
By David A. Fahrenthold, Reporter covering the Trump family and its business interests.
September 10 at 4:26 PM
A 26-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly driving his car onto President Trumps golf course in Bedminster, N.J., and doing doughnuts on the greens.
Richard J. McEwan was arrested late Monday at his home in Milford, N.J., the Somerset County Prosecutors Office said. Police said he drove onto Trumps course twice in the past week, driving in circles on two different greens and causing at least $17,000 in damage. ... The latest incident happened Sunday afternoon: A witness reported seeing a blue Ford sedan with a Rutgers University sticker driving on the 13th green of one course. Police said the witness got a partial look at the cars license plate, and that led them to McEwan.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that McEwan had been released and would return for a future court date. ... A Trump Organization spokesman said that McEwan should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Two weeks ago, McEwan was arrested in Rhode Island for allegedly breaking into pop superstar Taylor Swifts beach home. The Westerly Sun newspaper in Rhode Island said that McEwan hopped a fence and broke a glass door to enter Swifts home. He then took off his shoes.
A pair of orange shoes were found at the doorway where he broke in. When officers asked him why he wasnt wearing any, he told them, I was always taught that when you go into someones home, you have to take your shoes off,
Westerly Police Chief Shawn Lacey told the Sun. He said he did it because it was polite.
Rhode Island court records show that McEwan was charged with breaking and entering and trespassing, then was released on bond Sept. 3. New Jersey prosecutors confirmed it was the same man.
The first incident of vandalism at Trumps New Jersey course occurred later that day, at about 5:30 p.m.
David A. Fahrenthold is a reporter covering the Trump family and its business interests. He has been at The Washington Post since 2000, and previously covered Congress, the federal bureaucracy, the environment and the D.C. police. Follow
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