Local man pleads guilty to trespass charges

RITZVILLE – On the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 4, Brian Packer (aka Brian Massey) appeared at a hearing before Judge Andrea Russell in the Adams County District Court.

Packer was transported to the courtroom from a jail in Franklin County, where he has been incarcerated since his arrest last July.

He sat next to his defense attorney and faced the judge in red-striped jail garb.

Packer’s probation officer was in attendance, as was City Prosecuting Attorney Michael R. Addams via video link.

As previously reported in The Journal, Brian Massey (Packer) was arrested in September 2021 on a probable...