Police announce they've arrested Panthers fan for assault
The Carolina Panthers and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department worked quickly to arrest a man seen in a shocking video sucker punching another fan during Thursday night’s game.
The CMPD announced Friday evening that Kyle Adam Maraghy was charged with simple assault and was being brought to jail.
.@CMPD has arrested Kyle Adam Maraghy, charged him with simple assault in connection with this incident. He is being taken to Meck jail. https://t.co/yYF774IbkR
— CMPD News (@CMPD) October 13, 2017
The video of a Panthers fan punching another fan during the game went viral on Friday. The team announced Friday it had identified the perpetrator in the video and was working with the CMPD. The authorities said on Friday afternoon they had a suspect.
.@CMPD has reviewed video and gathered info on assault @Panthers game. Working to apprehend suspect.
— CMPD News (@CMPD) October 13, 2017
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a video of violence in the stands of an NFL game. It is reassuring that the team and law enforcement took the incident quite seriously and worked rapidly to make an arrest. Hopefully that deters the next NFL fan fight in the stands.
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