19 arrested for trespassing during Oscars ceremony

Los Angeles police arrested 19 people on suspicion of trespassing at the Kodak Theatre during the  Academy Awards ceremony, officials said Monday.

Those arrested Sunday included two men from Texas who jumped a barricade outside the event and nine students "on holiday" who used fake MTV credentials to gain access to the red carpet.

The students, in their 20s, were detained after they began taking pictures, drawing attention from security personnel. 

Also arrested was a Berkeley man in his late 60s who was intoxicated and wearing "a sparkly getup," a police report said. Another half-dozen people were arrested after the ceremony as the theater was being cleaned, LAPD officials said.

— Andrew Blankstein

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