Toni Battie Arrested For Assaulting A Police Officer

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                                Battie is arrested for assault

                                By Daniel Vasquez, Globe Staff, 04/19/99

                                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.

                                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.

                                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.

                                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.

                                Battie was charged with assault and
                                battery with a dangerous weapon (car) and
                                for refusing to identify himself to an
                                officer, police said.

                                Celtics general manager Chris Wallace
                                would not comment on the incident.

                                Peter May of the Globe Staff contributed
                                to this report.

                                This story ran on page D07 of the Boston
                                Globe on 04/19/99.
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