Weird Play

[26 Year Gap]

Coming out of a timeout [actually NOT coming out of a timeout], I began the resumption of play procedure for the White team's delay. It was their ball. Then all of a sudden a Red player steps OOB and picks up the ball. I don't know if I kicked it or not. Just blew the whistle and gave it to White.

Afterward, I wondered if it should have been a technical on Red. Had White been holding the ball OOB, and Red reached over the plane and contacted the ball, it would have been a technical foul. The element that was missing was the inbounder holding the ball. What SHOULD be the ruling in this case? I know calling a T would have meant a bunch of Ricky Ricardos showing up.