"Police arrest Conn. man in assault on Brown basketball player
Police have arrested a local man for his alleged involvement in an assault on a Brown University basketball player from Norwood, Mass., who is hospitalized with severe head injuries. Vernon police said Tuesday that they had arrested Tory Lussier at his home. Providence police hold a felony arrest warrant for the 25-year-old Lussier. He was being held at the Vernon Police Department as a fugitive from justice on the Rhode Island warrant and is to appear Thursday in Rockville Superior Court for arraignment and extradition proceedings. A spokesman for Rhode Island Hospital said Wednesday that Joseph Sharkey, 21, remains in critical condition."
Also see: Brown athlete listed as critical after being punched in head
NEXT DAY UPDATE: Suspect in Brown University attack headed to R.I.
Slow Saturday Update:
"Beating of Brown University player self-defense, lawyer says" by Erika Niedowski | Associated Press, May 18, 2013
PROVIDENCE — A Connecticut Marine accused of beating a Brown University basketball player from Norwood, Mass., so badly that he was hospitalized with head injuries acted in self-defense, his attorney said Friday.
Tory Lussier, 24, of Vernon, Conn., made his initial appearance in Providence District Court on Friday on a felony assault charge. He was released on bail and had no comment outside court.
But his lawyer, John Lombardi, told a judge it was a ‘‘clear case of self-defense.’’ Asked later to elaborate, Lombardi declined to do so.
How dare you question a fine member of our fighting forces, the greatest military on the face of the planet for all time history, freeing people the world over and bringing them liberty? How dare you!?
Lussier is accused of assaulting 21-year-old Joseph Sharkey early Sunday morning. Sharkey, a sophomore member of Brown’s basketball team, suffered serious head injuries and has been in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital.
Lussier is an active member of the Marine Reserves and has served 10 months in Afghanistan, his attorney said.
In a separate criminal case in Rockville Superior Court in Connecticut, Lussier is out on bail and due back in court May 29. Vernon police arrested him in September and charged him with second-degree assault, second-degree assault of an elderly person, and breach of peace after an altercation in the parking lot of Connecticut Golf Land, an amusement park with miniature golf and go-karts.
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Globe really staying on top of this story, as opposed to all the one-day wonders and other such things.
Now, the questions are is this guy suffering PTSD and was he on any SSRIs.
Oh, btw, the wars grind on.
