High Springs business owner arrested for trespassing after being asked to leave preschool property and then returning later in the day

Staff report

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. – Austin Paul Conner, 62, was arrested yesterday and charged with trespass after warning and disrupting a school function after allegedly returning to a preschool that he had been asked to leave earlier in the day.

At about 8:40 a.m. yesterday, High Springs Police Department officers responded to the Deeper Purpose Kids Academy, which had been placed on lockdown because Conner was walking around the property, which is fenced. An officer reportedly informed Conner that he had been formally trespassed from the property and would be subject to arrest if he returned.

At 3:04 p.m., officers responded again to the preschool after a caller reported that Conner was back on the property, taking pictures of vehicles in the parking lot. Officers reviewed video surveillance and reported that Conner could be seen “well onto the property,” taking pictures. When officers made contact with Conner, who owns a nearby business and has reportedly been engaged in a property boundary dispute with the preschool, he reportedly said his attorney told him to take pictures of the parking lot.

Conner has no criminal history and has been released on his own recognizance.

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