Hoops fan arrested by ref
 

Check out this story, on one of our local tv stations website. How many of us would like to be able to this?!?!?

http://www.fox19.com/global/story.asp?s=9779064

LOL!! I like that the dad wails, "That's not fair!" Too funny... Like it's entrapment??

Juulie - he was undercover!

I routinely arrest spectators since I'm an F.B.S. agent (Federal Bureau of Sarcasm). This goes back all the way to the 60s when I was a State Tripper.

I can imagine how that phone call went, "Control this is Adam 12, I have one in custody and a technical foul on white. Code 4."

Excellent. :) Except technical fouls are a code 3.

Doesn't it depend on whether it's a Class A or Class B techincal? :)

I hate to rain on the parade, but does anyone from IN here know what the rest of the story is? I just wonder what the reason for the arrest was, unless yelling at an official is a criminal offense in Indiana.

Sorry, I work with a bunch of cops, and this story got us to talking.

I was working a JV Girls once and a fight broke out in the stands on the side of the gym opposite the benches. Because of the commotion, play stopped so I told all of the players to return to thier benches. I figured I'd stay with the home bench and my partner could stay with the visitors... except I couldn't find my partner!

Yup, he was up in the stands breaking the fight up!

He was a first year guy and a sherriff's officer and the "police officer" side of him overruled the "referee" side. Every time we work together since then we cover "referee" duties in our pregame which includes staying out of the stands during fights.

Turs out the fight was between two kids from the home team and had nothing to with the game.

In some states there is verbal assault or verbal abuse of an officer.

Does that apply when the officer is off duty and "unmarked?"

Hey - his badge number was on his whistle. It was "40". :cool:

not sure but they can always charge you with anything they want - making it stick is something else.

this guy should just be glad the officer wasn't packing heat - because he deserved to get riddled.

I wonder if his throw down would have chaffed his ankle when he ran?

Good one! But maybe now that his name's out there, coaches may live in fear of this officer/referee. Pat Knight would have been in cuffs after that tirade the other night.

I work with people that know the individual that got arrested and I believe I have worked with this official once.

Anyway the funny thing, if there can be a funny thing, This guy doesnt even have kids that go to that school anymore, they have all graduated and he still throws a fit....

Indiana High School Basketball, not surprising. We've all seen Hoosiers.

Also, to answer your other question a bit Snaq's

The story goes that this "fan" got in the officials face after the game. Then proceeded to chest bump him. The official went to walk away and the "fan" body bumped him again.

At that point he then Identified himself as a police officer, the "Fan then decided to push a little more and with some assistance from school officials the "Fan" was taken down and taken into custody.

Currently the story is they are trying to get him for Physical assualt on an official, assualting an officer, and resisting arrest.

Now whther those charges stick or not will be interesting to see.

Thanks, jcarter, that makes a lot more sense. I knew there was more to it than that, but I was curious.

Oh ya and for those of you that dont know The School this "Fan" was cheering for, marquette, is a religious school.

Non-religious people send their kids to religious schools all the time for educational reasons.

Religious people aren't significantly less likely to lose their composure in stressful situations, either.

I assume you worked in a church school league before? You're not far from the truth with what you said.

Nah, I've just gone to church all my life.

Good story on this
 

Went looking for a local newspaper account online because I thought I had heard a radio report last night say the fan had tried to choke the ref with his whistle lanyard. Apparently true.

More good details from the incident, esp. from the official, here:

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/02/...5200040ba6.txt

Have to love the line, "You can't arrest me, you're a referee!"

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"
 

Since we're all expected to be the Fashion Police, do we all have powers of arrest?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYAks...eature=related

The ironic thing, I was at this school two weeks ago. I was there for a college game.

And this was a religious school. It amazes me how people that pray before games have sometimes the biggest problems controlling themselves.

Peace

One of the reasons I use a Smitty, and tuck my whistle under my shirt at the end of a game...

You were at Marquette??? Were you working a Purdue North Central game?

Just curious. That Gym is about 5 blocks away from my office..

Ooooo, rough church? :D

I remember my white hat in football talking about working a tournament involving four colleges all with the same name (which shall remain nameless), all four being of the same denomination (which shall remain anonymous). He said they'd do the prayer and all that before the game, go throw up the ball and next thing you know, in the next 30 seconds, you'd have about 3 or 4 T's and an ejection and God knows what else. LOL

As well as for behavioral reasons, making it even more plausible to see a person be out of control at one of their games.

That was the place. Kind of weird working a college game on a high school court, but it was what it was.

Peace