A construction management junior was found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct from hindering a police officer for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
Kurt E. Ryder, who pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor offense, was given a guilty verdict after less than one hour of the six-person jury’s deliberation in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.
Assistant East Lansing City Attorney David Meyers said the case was pretty simple because Ryder faced one charge.
“This was a basic and simple disorderly (conduct),” Meyers said. “I really didn’t understand the fact that they were fighting it, but that’s their right to do that.”
Meyers’ main goal was to keep the case simple.
“This case, from both sides fit into the elements, and that’s why (Ryder) got the guilty verdict,” he said.
Defense attorney Steven Howard declined to comment about the case.
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