VALPARAISO, Ind. – A man who was arrested for climbing to the roof of a gas station to sing a song protesting high gasoline prices says he will plead guilty to a trespassing charge.
Twenty-nine-year-old Jay Weinberg of Valparaiso is scheduled to appear in a Porter County courtroom Thursday to enter his guilty plea. He expects to be sentenced to six months probation.
On May 5, Weinberg carried a guitar and a megaphone to the roof of the Family Express station in Valparaiso, where gas was selling that day for $3.78 per gallon.
He sang “Price Gouge'n” for about 15 minutes to the cheers of commuters before police arrested him.
Weinberg says he's not done with his protests of high gas prices. And he's selling his song online.
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