Search does not work

For the below code, it works when I store, but when it comes to retrieving I keep getting

32350 [main] WARN org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter - SQL Error: 0, SQLState: XX000
32350 [main] ERROR org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter - ERROR: Invalid endian flag value encountered.

Any help would be appreciated

package event;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Coordinate;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Point;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.ParseException;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.io.WKTReader;
import com.vividsolutions.jts.util.GeometricShapeFactory;
import org.hibernate.Query;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import util.HibernateUtil;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class EventManager {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventManager mgr = new EventManager();

        if (args[0].equals("store")) {
            mgr.createAndStoreEvent("My Event", new Date(), assemble(args));
        }else{
            List events = mgr.find(args[1]);
            for (int i = 0; i < events.size(); i++) {
                Event event = (Event) events.get(i);
                System.out.println("Event: " + event.getTitle() +
                        ", Time: " + event.getDate() +
                        ", Location: " + event.getLocation());
            }
        }

        HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().close();
    }

    private List find(String wktFilter) {
        Geometry filter = wktToGeometry(wktFilter);
        Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
        session.beginTransaction();
        Query query = session.createQuery("select e from Event e where within(e.location, :filter) = true");
        query.setParameter("filter", filter);
        return query.list();
    }

    private List find(Double longitude, Double latitude, Double radius) {
        Geometry filter = createCircle(longitude, latitude, radius);

        Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().getCurrentSession();
        session.beginTransaction();
        Query query = session.createQuery("select e from Event e where within(e.location, :filter) = true");
        query.setParameter("filter", filter);
        return query.list();
    }

    //this method replaces the above wktToGeometry() method
    private static Geometry createCircle(double x, double y, final double RADIUS) {
        GeometricShapeFactory shapeFactory = new GeometricShapeFactory();
        shapeFactory.setNumPoints(32);
        shapeFactory.setCentre(new Coordinate(x, y));//there are your coordinates
        shapeFactory.setSize(RADIUS * 2);//this is how you set the radius
        return shapeFactory.createCircle();
    }

    private Geometry wktToGeometry(String wktPoint) {
        WKTReader fromText = new WKTReader();
        Geometry geom = null;
        try {
            geom = fromText.read(wktPoint);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Not a WKT string:" + wktPoint);
        }
        return geom;
    }

    /**
     * Utility method to assemble all arguments save the first into a String
     */
    private static String assemble(String[] args) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 1; i < args.length; i++) {
            builder.append(args[i]).append(" ");
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    private void createAndStoreEvent(String title, Date theDate, String wktPoint) {

        //First interpret the WKT string to a point
        WKTReader fromText = new WKTReader();
        Geometry geom = null;
        try {
            geom = fromText.read(wktPoint);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Not a WKT string:" + wktPoint);
        }
        if (!geom.getGeometryType().equals("Point")) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Geometry must be a point. Got a " + geom.getGeometryType());
        }

        Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().getCurrentSession();

        session.beginTransaction();

        Event theEvent = new Event();
        theEvent.setTitle(title);
        theEvent.setDate(theDate);
        theEvent.setLocation((Point) geom);
        session.save(theEvent);

        session.getTransaction().commit();
    }

}