Two 18-year-old Hartsburg men were arrested for entering the former hospital property Thursday, according to a Mexico Public Safety Department news release.
On Thursday at approximately 3:17 p.m., MPSD responded to the former hospital property in the 600 block of E. Monroe after security camera footage showed two people entering the building.
Officers located Jacob M Hayse and Jerome M Hawkes and arrested the men without incident. According to the release, the men referred to themselves as “urban explorers” who were there to explore the building.
Both men were processed at MPSD and released pending a warrant for trespassing.
