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Mid charged with breaking into home expelled

A Naval Academy senior and admiral’s son, charged with breaking and entering an Annapolis home in early December, has been kicked out of the academy, a school spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

Michael Guadagnini was discharged from the Naval Academy on Tuesday, academy spokesman Cmdr. Joe Carpenter said. The former midshipman first class faces charges of breaking and entering and malicious destruction of more than $500 worth of property after allegedly trespassing on an Annapolis residence on Dec. 2. His trial date is March 14.

An Annapolis attorney representing Guadagnini declined to comment. Guadagnini is the son of Rear Adm. Mark Guadagnini, commander of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group,

Police say Guadagnini stumbled onto the back patio of a house on Regent Street, about three miles from campus, in the early morning hours of Dec. 2. The academy had held its annual service assignment night, but the celebrations that followed had ended at midnight, when liberty expired.

Guadagnini wandered drunk into the backyard, Annapolis police spokesman Maj. Scott Baker said. The family’s dog started barking at him.

This awoke the homeowners. A startled Brian Brown saw the 22-year-old, in uniform, and told him to go away, Brown said in an e-mail. Guadagnini responded by allegedly kicking in the patio door. Guadagnini then stepped into what appeared to a be a playroom, filled with children’s furniture, a plastic buggy and stacked board games, as seen in a photo Brown provided to Navy Times.

Brown wrote that he told Guadagnini to get out and tried to snatch his nametag, but missed. Then, just as abruptly as he’d come, Guadagnini left.

The photo Brown sent showed that the top half of the wooden patio door was missing.

Guadagnini “traumatized my family,” Brown wrote in an e-mail to Navy Times following the incident. “We are still dealing with this emotionally and financially days later.”

Police responding to Brown’s 911 call found Guadagnini in the woods near the house, with a bloody nose.

Guadagnini was not the only midshipman arrested that night. Annapolis police picked up Midshipman 1st Class William Jacob Johnson at 12:45 a.m., after a resident reported that a window had been broken. According to police, Johnson denied breaking the window, but his cover and ribbons were found next to the broken glass, and blood covered his hands. Johnson was released to the Naval Academy afterward.

Johnson remains a midshipman at the Naval Academy, Carpenter said. “He was held accountable under the midshipman conduct system for the alleged offenses.” However, Carpenter declined to disclose how Johnson had been administratively punished, citing privacy concerns.

“Each case is evaluated on individual circumstances, including the details of the alleged actions and the totality of available facts,” Carpenter said.