An Ohio Little League coach has been charged with felonious assault for allegedly punching the local league president at a baseball game following a dispute over an umpire's call, WKYC-TV reports.
Canton Little League President Shawn Thomas tells WKYC that Karim Carter, 41, "sucker-punched" him and left him with two chipped teeth and a sore jaw in the scuffle in Canton, Ohio.
Thomas said he had been trying to calm Carter after the coach and a fan were ejected from a game for arguing over a umpire's call.
At the arraignment, the judge expressed surprise that Carter, who has a lengthy criminal record, including two assaults, firearm in a motor vehicle, domestic violence and disorderly conduct by intoxication, was allowed to coach, WKYC reports.
Thomas says the league was aware of Carter's criminal record, but had overlooked it because none of the incidents involved children.
Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/04/little-league-coach-charged-with-assault-in-punchout-after-umpires-call/1
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