(AP)A little over a year after city police tased an out-of-control fan during a Pittsburgh Pirates game, another violent arrest occurred at PNC Park. Security didn't break out the tasers this time, but they probably could have.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a PNC Park security supervisor lost a finger and a police officer injured his shoulder Saturday trying to subdue three raging fans, including a 21-year-old woman. Rachel George and her 50-year-old father, Christopher George, face charges that include aggravated assault, conspiracy, harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. A criminal complaint filed by Det. Frank Rende states that "tensions flared" after Ms. George was taken to the security office because she was smoking at her seat.
As Pirates security supervisor Joseph Risher was escorting her out of the right field gate, Ms. George's unidentified boyfriend assaulted him and ran off. Ms. George jumped on the guard's back and started to pull him backward, the complaint says.
Her father joined in the attack, pushing him up against a fence.
"While defending himself, Mr. Risher got his left hand caught on the fence, and when he was pulled by both (defendants) his left middle finger was ripped off at the second knuckle and was hanging by a piece of skin," Detective Rende wrote in the complaint.
Mr. Risher, he added, was screaming in pain.
Ow, ow, ow. But the fight wasn't over.
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