A West Virginia highschool athlete is going through grownup felony expenses after allegedly elbowing an opponent within the face and breaking his nostril throughout a basketball recreation, in keeping with newly obtained court docket paperwork.
Gage Ketterman, an 18-year-old scholar and basketball participant at Harman College, was arrested final Monday for the alleged game-time assault.
West Virginia State Police have been notified of the assault on Feb. 27 after the harm was reported by the wounded scholar’s mom mere hours after the sport between Union Excessive College and Harman College.
The girl claimed that her son was “elbowed in 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 keeping 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 “directly in 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 at the back of the pinnacle.
Authorities additionally famous that within the video, Ketterman may be seen “wiping something off the elbow he had just used to strike [the Union player].”
The officers concluded that Ketterman’s actions appeared “intentional and criminal[ly] malicious in nature.”
As a result of Ketterman was 18 years previous on the time of the incident, he shall 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 keeping with the West Virginia Justice of the Peace Courtroom system.
His subsequent court docket date is scheduled for Might 22.
