- Hawthorn stars Dylan Moore and Connor Macdonald climbed into a scissor lift
Vision has emerged of the moment Hawthorn stars Dylan Moore and Connor Macdonald were arrested in the US for trespassing.
In bodycam footage from November last year, both players pleaded with police to ‘let them go in an Uber’ – and not charge them.
The Hawks were in Phoenix at the time for an off-season training camp.
In the vision, police on bicycles approach the scissor lift, which was in a car park in Arizona which the AFL players had scaled.
Police can then be seen arresting the players after they stepped down from the scissor lift’s cage, which was about two metres in the air.
‘Officer, we are from Australia, we literally don’t know the rules around here,’ a friend of the footy stars can be heard saying.
Vision has emerged of the moment Hawthorn stars Dylan Moore (pictured) and Connor Macdonald were arrested in the US for trespassing
In body cam footage from November last year, both players pleaded with police to ‘let them go in an Uber’ – and not charge them
In the vision, local police on bicycles approach the scissor lift, which was in a car park in Arizona that the AFL players had scaled (pictured)
A Scottsdale PD police report revealed at the time of his arrest, Moore was in possession of a small bag containing a crystalline substance and a rolled $100 bill
An officer replies: ‘Well, you probably should have learned that before you came here.
Another friend says: ‘It’s an excavator, what the hell. You’re not going to put him in jail for the night are ya? Really.
‘They are just being idiots.’
After the officer pointed out the players could have been hurt following the stunt, another friend interjected.
‘Is there any way we can just call it a night and all go home?’ he asked, only to be met with a blunt reply: ‘No, they are going to go to jail tonight.’
Moore and Macdonald were later arrested and charged with criminal trespass.
A Scottsdale PD police report revealed at the time of his arrest, Moore was in possession of a small bag containing a crystalline substance and a rolled $100 bill.
Moore told police the two items weren’t his.
Prosecutors chose not to proceed with a charge of possession of drug utensils related to the items.
Both men accepted diversion offers and pleaded guilty to a charge of trespassing.
As part of the diversion deal, the footy stars are required to complete a substance abuse counselling program, pay a court fee of just under $300, and abide by the law for six months.
The pair were fined by Hawthorn and have undergone alcohol counselling.
They will also complete community service, but are not facing further sanction from the AFL.
Moore – who was overlooked for a role in the Hawks’ leadership group under co-captains James Sicily and Jai Newcombe this season – has been listed to appear in an Arizona court in July this year, while Macdonald is listed for August.
