A high school basketball player in Massachusetts is charged with assault and battery after allegedly sucker punching a ref during a game at Cohasset Middle-High School.
Myles Copeland, a Toledo, Ohio firefighter, said he administered CPR for 10 minutes before paramedics arrived. He says learning CPR is extremely important and could help save lives.in Massachusetts is facing a criminal charge after assaulting a referee during a game Wednesday night at Cohasset Middle-High School.
The Cohasset Police Department announced a 16-year-old boy from Excel High School in south Boston, who will not be identified any further because of his age, is charged with one count of assault and battery after"sucker punching" the ref. Police Chief William Quigley said the teenager will be scheduled to appear in Quincy Juvenile Court for a show cause hearing at a later date.that Cohasset Public School Superintendent Patrick Sullivan said the player allegedly punched the referee in the face after thinking he was charged with another foul when the ref called Cohasset for traveling.Well-known photographer in the area, Dan Leahy, reportedly witnessed the altercation.
"Out of my peripheral I see a South Boston player coming over to the baseline, I assumed to take the ball out. In fact, he launched at an official and gave him a full nelson right to the side of the head. Which brought the ref down, and he kept exercising a physical attack on this poor ref who was bent over and couldn’t defend himself," Leahy told Boston 25.
"There’s so much anger built in to assault an authoritative figure in that manner. And it was vicious, not like he went up and bumped him or anything like that. He went at him with a full fist, it’s a shame," he added.at 6:45 p.m. Upon arrival, officers cleared the gym and the game was ended immediately. No one else was involved in the assault besides the one Excel player.