Werner Watch: Charges Dismissed!

August 22, 2008 by buckeyestateblog

If I wasn't flying to Denver Saturday night, I'd be standing, camera in hand, at the corner of W 6th St and W St. Clair Ave so I could witness the spectacle, because charges against certified whack job Jason Werner were dropped today!

Cleveland prosecutors dropped charges this week against a street preacher and aspiring politician who was accused of disorderly conduct by preaching loudly in the Warehouse District.

Police arrested Jason Werner, 28, in June after the manager of the Blue Point Grille said his customers inside the building complained they could hear Werner and his friend preaching outside.

Werner criticized abortion and told passers-by that they would go to hell unless they accepted Jesus in their lives.

Werner, who has failed twice to unseat U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, said in June that he was put in handcuffs for preaching on a street corner.

Police cited Werner for disorderly conduct. He was blocking the path of bystanders and telling people that they were baby killers and were going to hell, the ticket states.