Two men punched the referee in the back of the head during a club soccer game Sunday at Joe DiMaggio Fields, Clearwater Police said.
CLEARWATER, FL -- The individuals believed to be involved in Sunday's attack on a soccer referee are still wanted by authorities after they were originally misidentified, Clearwater Police said Sunday night. Timothy Kerr, 31, and Dale Lewis, 33, are being sought by police after they allegedly assaulted a referee over a call during a club soccer game at Joe DiMaggio Fields. Authorities had been originally looking for two men named Ramone Mitchell and Omar Anderson in a white Mercedes. The soccer league's rules require players to show an ID card, police said, but because the suspects provided false league cards, the league and teammates had inaccurate names for the players. "At one point in the search for the suspects, police pulled over a …
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The players were upset over a call and punched the referee in the back of the head before fleeing in a white Mercedes, according to Clearwater Police.
Update, July 23: The individuals believed to be involved in Sunday's attack on a soccer referee were misidentified after false names were provided to the authorities, Clearwater Police said Sunday night. Timothy Kerr, 31, and Dale Lewis, 33, are being sought by police after they allegedly assaulted a referee over a call during a club soccer game at Joe DiMaggio Fields. Authorities had been originally looking for two men named Ramone Mitchell and Omar Anderson in a white Mercedes. The soccer league's rules require players to show an ID card, police said, but because the suspects provided false league cards, the league and teammates had inaccurate names for the players. "At one point in the search for the suspects, police pulled over a white…
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2:13 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
When found they should be barred from playing. more ›