Re: Toni Battie Arrested For Assaulting A Police Officer

["Shailendra Mishra" <skmishra@sprintmail.com>]

It is also reported that Antoine Walker was the main person responsible for
Tony Batties action. Just kidding... - Mishra

Peter May of the Globe was the only one who contributed to this report.
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From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.boston-celtics
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Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 4:52 AM
Subject: Toni Battie Arrested For Assaulting A Police Officer


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>                                [The Boston Globe Online][Boston.com]
>                                [Boston Globe Online / Sports]
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>                                Battie is arrested for assault
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>                                By Daniel Vasquez, Globe Staff, 04/19/99
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>                                Tony Battie of the Celtics was
>                                arrested at gunpoint over the
>                                weekend in front of a Boston nightclub for
>                                allegedly assaulting an officer who wanted
>                                Battie to move his new Lincoln Navigator,
>                                police said.
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>                                The incident occurred about 2:20 a.m.
>                                Saturday on Canal Street in front of the
>                                Cosmopolitan Club, said Boston Police
>                                spokeswoman Sgt. Detective Margot Hill.
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>                                Hill said Battie was asked several times
>                                by Officer Ray D'Oyley to move his car but
>                                refused. Battie allegedly broke a state
>                                law by refusing D'Oyley's request for
>                                proper identification and tried to drive
>                                off when the officer attempted to arrest
>                                him.
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>                                The officer's arm was caught in the
>                                driver's window, Hill said, and D'Oyley
>                                was forced to pull out his service
>                                revolver before Battie stopped the car.
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>                                Battie was charged with assault and
>                                battery with a dangerous weapon (car) and
>                                for refusing to identify himself to an
>                                officer, police said.
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>                                Celtics general manager Chris Wallace
>                                would not comment on the incident.
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>                                Peter May of the Globe Staff contributed
>                                to this report.
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>                                This story ran on page D07 of the Boston
>                                Globe on 04/19/99.
>                                © Copyright 1999 Globe Newspaper Company.
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