Arrest made in Winter Classic fan attack, according to reports
by Travis Hughes on Jan 13, 2012 8:30 AM EST
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PrintNBC Philadelphia had the story first overnight: An arrest has been made by Philadelphia Police surrounding that Winter Classic fan attack outside of Geno's Steaks two Monday's ago.
One of the three assailants, Dennis Veteri of Glassboro, N.J., turned himself in around 2 p.m. yesterday after an arrest warrant was issued by the PPD. He's now out on bail. Apparently, Mr. Veteri appears to be just as big a scum bag as we could have originally assumed.
Via NBC10:
Earlier this week, three different people -- including the two victims -- identified the suspect from photo lineups, according to police sources.
The suspect has a prior arrest record including drugs, robbery with a gun and aggravated assault, sources said.
The guys were allegedly at the South Philly Bar & Grill right there on the corner of 9th and Passyunk, and NBC says that they racked up a $225 bar tab while watching the game. If it was just the three of them on that tab, well... hoooooly crap, were they drunk or what?
The other two guys are still on the loose, although now that one man has been identified and taken into custody, it's likely only a matter of time before they're snatched up as well.
We couldn't be happier at the development, and full marks go to the PPD for getting this far in such a short period of time. According to the NBC10 report, the two victims -- Woodbridge, N.J. cop Neal Auricchio and his unidentified friend -- were in Philadelphia this past week to make positive IDs of the suspect.
Auricchio, the man wearing the Ryan Callahan jersey in the video of the incident, took the worst of the beating and reportedly needs surgery to repair damage around his eye.
The Rangers are honoring both victims, plus Auricchio's wife Maria and their infant son, with tickets to a February game and the chance to meet the team afterward. We're also still moving forward with plans to do something nice for the victims on behalf of Flyers fans, and if you'd like to contribute to that effort, you can follow along with us with this FanPost.
Rangers fans shouldn't feel threatened in our city -- unless they find harmless trash talk threatening -- and they certainly never deserve a savage beating just because they have misguided team loyalties. Hopefully all three men responsible for this attack spend a nice, long time getting a taste of their own medicine in state prison.
If you still have information about the other two suspects still at large, you can contact South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
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Excellent news to start my Friday.
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Great. Now I gotta listen to Sublime all day. Wait…that’s a good thing. Thanks!
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 13, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
Just to be clear: Drugs aren’t necessarily indicative of scumbags. But robbery with a gun, aggravated assault are definitely scumbag moves
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:07 AM EST reply actions
Very true.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 13, 2012 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
other than that, may justice be swift and tax dollar light
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
I’m all for warping your mind if you are so inclined but the dude had heroin. Nothing good comes from H. Nothing!
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Funny thing though, is that marijuana is in the same class of drug. I don’t but to be that guy, but if there is no difference between the two as designated by the government, I can’t make a differentiation between the two when looking at a police report
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
as marijuana*
I don’t want to be that guy*
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
I get what you’re saying, but if you click the first link:
Veteri was also also has a 2004 arrest in Broward County for heroin possession, as well as a 2001 misdemeanor arrest out of Fort Lauderdale for battery, records show.That article made a distinction between the two, so we’re not jumping to saying ‘heroin’ when all it really says is ‘drug possession’; we’re saying heroin because the article says heroin.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 13, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
I’m going to abstain from further discussion because this blog is not the place for my political views. therefore, I’m going to withdraw my complaint
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
I see both of your points, and agree that we don’t need to get into Richard Nixon’s Schedule classifications.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 13, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Actually, recently I was more upset with the Obama administration and its unwillingless to correct those Nixon classifications
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
Fine by me, I was only seeking to clarify that the information was in one of the articles and we weren’t intending to jump to conclusions. There are a lot of issues with the schedules, far too many to discuss here.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 13, 2012 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
bingo. and on that note, man does Lavvy’s defense suck big time right now
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
So you like to partake in recreational indulgence, I got it. But let’s not make believe its admirable. It shouldn’t be illegal in my opinion. If you want to mess up your life and screw yourself up, be my guest. But it is not admirable.
Commenter formerly known as M from Pdaddy, but still just Call Me "M"!
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At no point did I make drug use admirable. I’m simply saying in that the way this article was framed, it was implied that our original assumptions were true based on his prior record of drugs, robbery and aggravated assault.
I’m saying that drug use in and of itself is not necessarily indicative of being a scumbag, while the other 2 crimes are crimes of aggression against a person. The three together paint a scumbag picture, drugs alone do not
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
Might as well just hand them over.
by All ur Aces R Belong to Us on Jan 13, 2012 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
You should post like, 3 more stories on this just to piss Jph off.
by Phalange on Jan 13, 2012 9:25 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
Agreed, but watch out, I hear he has a temper and a metal bat.
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by DLJr on Jan 13, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
for those not affiliated on the inside of the joke, there were threats towards Don via Jph using a metal bat
The only question that remains for the Clue delegation is where this crime may be taking place
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
At the wells Fargo building on a non promotional giveaway night.
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Haha! This.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 13, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Hah!
Hopefully BSH will have a Trial Day Thread.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 13, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t stereotype about NJ , because that is the same type of stigma Philly is trying to shake (which I think we here have successfully demonstrated to be false). That said, OF COURSE he is from NJ. So am I. And I KNOW I’m a scumbag…
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by Henry al-Sirat on Jan 13, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
because that is the same type of stigma Philly is trying to shake (which I think we here have successfully demonstrated to be false)
But a lot of the people helping to demonstrate that are from NJ…. I know I’m being overly sensitive here, but I think drawing any sort of distinction in this case is pretty silly.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 13, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
100% agree. I should have used sarcasm font for the second half of that post. I grew up in NJ (live in Bucks Co, PA now) and have had to hear “armpit of America” and “smells like NYC’s asshole” my whole life. All stereotypes are true in the sense that they came from somewhere, but almost always it was an extremely small sect of the population that did something “stupid.” The rarity of these “stupid things” is what makes them newsworthy, which is why they get disseminated to the rest of the world in the first place, and that is, unfortunately, what creates the reputation of the people from that region. In other words, but the sheer fact that a guy getting knocked out in front of Geno’s for wearing another team’s jersey is relatively rare, the story got blown up. And now, stories like that are our reputation. Just like Snooki is famous because she is an idiotic parasite who does despicable things, now all New Jerseyans are like Snooki – which couldn’t be further from the truth. If they were all like her, Snooki wouldn’t be newsworthy.
Make sense? /rambling
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by Henry al-Sirat on Jan 13, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
I noted how both the victims and the perpetrator were from NJ. But don’t fall into that trap that Gonzo did when the Phillies puker was identified to be from Cherry Hill. Gonzalez subtly hinted that since the kid was from “another state” it was irresponsible for the media to link his behavior to the city of Philadelphia. That being said, reading between the lines, all involved are from NJ but not Devils fans.
No point there, just an observation.
I have respect for most sports fans with 2 exceptions: NY Ranger fans who grew up in New Jersey, and Dallas Cowboy fans who can't name the capital of Texas.
Someone made the amusing observation that if the Devils were able to generate any fan loyalty they would have been wearing NJ jerseys and the fight never would have happened. So it’s the Devils fault.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 14, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
The article says he’s originally from South Philly, so why the need to try to pass the blame to NJ here? We have our fair share of scumbags, but it’s not like they aren’t pretty evenly distributed.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 13, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
I think it was just a joke. I rag on Jersey all the time.
Like one of my favorite jokes: What’s the difference between Jersey girls and trash?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 13, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll make sure to mention this to Jenn
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I’m pretty sure I already made that joke to her in your kitchen.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 13, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure you or I have made that joke in front of her several times, but she doesn’t have the greatest memory. Plus, I’m always looking for opportunities to make you look bad.
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Trash at least gets picked up
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 13, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Boom.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 13, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, do we know if the perp was a veteran? Because if he was I’m not so sure they should….
/ducks
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by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 13, 2012 11:10 AM EST reply actions
They don’t give out purple hearts for beating people up in Fort Lauderdale.
by hebrew hammer on Jan 13, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Well it’s a damn shame. I’ve never understood why we’re so reluctant to have the Army keep the peace within our borders.
/sarcasm
/politics
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 13, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Apparently, Mr. Veteri appears to be just as big a scum bag as we could have originally assumed.
Neary wasn’t a scumbag, he was an idiot.
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Man, as much positive stuff you guys have done around this to see an article such as this leaves me speechless.
http://philly.sunne.ws/2012/01/12/wear-a-jersey-be-loud-get-free-new-york-rangers-tickets/
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM EST reply actions
As I said in another thread, printing presses are cheap these days. If you approach the article like the guy’s primary association is with the Crazy Person Ranting team, then you stop being speechless and you just move on with your day.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 13, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
That’s just a really, really dumb article. The caption under the picture of Staal (whose name he spelled wrong, by the way) makes me REALLY wish that he’s just trying to grab attention, which doesn’t make it any less pathetic.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Jan 13, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
wtf is the philadelphia sun?
never heard of, probably just some dumbass
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by sports00fan00 on Jan 13, 2012 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
I hope that author is just trolling…
This station is non-operational
IT'S TEBOW TIME!
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Jersey on Jersey crime, this wouldn’t have happened if they both liked their home team.
just kidding, this situation sucks for the two teams and their fans, along with hockey in general.
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by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 13, 2012 1:01 PM EST reply actions
So, that Ed Neary kid is just a dumbass
not an assailant
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