Gas price protester pleads guilty

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By Jim Pinkerton

Story Created: Jul 5, 2008 at 1:47 PM EST

Story Updated: Jul 5, 2008 at 9:12 PM EST

VALPARAISO (AP) — A judge told a Valparaiso man whose song protests high gasoline prices that he might want to change his tune.

Jay Weinberg, 29, was arrested for climbing to the roof of a gas station to sing his song protesting high gas prices. He pleaded guilty Thursday to a trespassing charge.

Porter Superior Judge David Chidester says that if Weinberg gets in trouble again during his six months on probation, the next song he'll be singing is "Chain Gang" by Sam Cooke.

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 performed a song titled "Price Gouge'n" to the cheers of commuters before police arrested him.

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