A West Virginia highschool athlete is dealing with grownup felony fees after allegedly elbowing an opponent within the face and breaking his nostril throughout a basketball sport, in line with newly obtained court docket paperwork.
Gage Ketterman, an 18-year-old pupil and basketball participant at Harman Faculty, was arrested final Monday for the alleged game-time assault.
West Virginia State Police had been notified of the assault on Feb. 27 after the harm was reported by the wounded pupil’s mom mere hours after the sport between Union Excessive Faculty and Harman Faculty.
The girl claimed that her son was “elbowed within the face” by Ketterman. The sufferer’s nostril was reportedly bleeding “profusely” for greater than 4 hours and he needed to be taken to a close-by hospital, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by WBOY.
Video footage from the sport, reviewed by the state police, corroborated the mom’s claims.
The video confirmed Ketterman jab his elbow “instantly within the face” of an opposing participant, police stated. All through the sport, the clip additionally confirmed him allegedly taunting a number of gamers by placing them behind the top.
Authorities additionally famous that within the video, Ketterman may be seen “wiping one thing off the elbow he had simply used to strike [the Union player].”
The officers concluded that Ketterman’s actions appeared “intentional and prison[ly] malicious in nature.”
As a result of Ketterman was 18 years previous on the time of the incident, he might be charged as an grownup, cops stated. One warrant was issued for malicious assault and two others for tried malicious assault.
Ketterman was arrested final Monday and launched the identical day after posting $12,500 bond, in line with the West Virginia Justice of the Peace Courtroom system.
His subsequent court docket date is scheduled for Might 22.
