A Maryland man faces a felony charge in connection with the large tailgate that state police used a helicopter to break up on Saturday.
About 200-300 people were partying outside of Beaver Stadium before the Penn State football game against Ohio State when Pennsylvania state police were called to assist in dispersing the crowd. When verbal commands were ignored, police deployed their tactical mounted unit and began pushing individuals out of the area.
Penn State police said Joseph Oleynik, 21, then approached a trooper’s horse on three occasions and “struck the animal on the left side with his hand.