Man arrested after 12-year-old girl hit with sex toy at WNBA game | WNBA
A man was arrested for launching a sex toy in a WNBA match in New York, police said on Thursday.
This is the latest development of a series of disturbances where similar toys were launched during WNBA games across the country, causing at least three arrests.
Charles Burgess, 32, of Dayton, Ohio, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly launched an object on the Dallas Wings match against New York Liberty on August 5, New York police announced. The object struck a 12 -year -old girl and Burgess was accused of two chiefs of assault. He was not immediately clear if Burgess had a lawyer.
Similar disorders took place during the matches in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Chicago at the end of July and early August.
Some of the sex toys have reached court and caused delays in play, while others landed in the crowd, as in Phoenix where an 18 -year -old was arrested. The man in this case told the police that it was a farce that tended on social networks and bought the toy one day earlier to take the match. He was attacked to the arena by a volunteer who would have witnessed him to launch him and began to follow him while he was trying to leave the arena. Police said the man had been arrested for suspicion of assault, disorderly conduct and publicly displaying explicit sexual matters.
A man was also arrested in Georgia for the two incidents in Atlanta Dream Games, according to a police report. He is accused of disorderly conduct, criminal intrusion, public indecency and indecent exposure. The four accusations are crimes in the state of Georgia, which means that if it is convicted, the sentence for everyone can be a fine of up to $ 1,000 or a prison sentence of up to 12 months. An offense for public indecency and indecent exposure may also require recording on the list of state offenders.
The report indicates that the man of Georgia told the police: “It was supposed to be a joke and the joke [was] supposed to become viral.
The sex toy that landed on the ground in Los Angeles almost struck the fever of the Indiana Sophie Cunningham.
League officials said that anyone throwing objects in the court will be ejected from the arena and would face a minimum one -year ban from attending matches.
Media reports on disturbances have linked toys to a group involved in a related cryptocurrency memes room.
