Kayaker arrested for paddling through Bellagio fountains during Trump protest: report
Fountains at Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (Photo credit: DimaSid / Shutterstock)
February 19, 2025
Fountains at Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (Photo credit: DimaSid / Shutterstock)
On Monday, a determined protester invaded the famous fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas as part of the "Not My President Day" demonstrations nationwide.
According to KLAS News, several hundred protesters were on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday. Around 5 p.m., however, police spotted a man in a kayak in the fountain holding up a protest sign promoting a cryptocurrency.
Court documents said that the man, identified as Trenton Barnes, “eventually paddled toward the edge of the fountains,” where he was arrested for trespass and disorderly conduct.
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They're only misdemeanor charges, so Barnes was released without bond.