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Hockey Mom Charged In Parking Lot Brawl After Game
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By Chelsea Papineau, CTVNorthernOntar io.ca Journalist
Youth sports can sometimes invoke intense feelings in parents and things got so heated Saturday at a minor league hockey game, police were called and assault charges laid.
Officers were called to the O'Hara Street arena in Sturgeon Falls shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Monday.
"It was reported that after an earli- er hockey game on that same day,
a parent from an opposing team had assaulted another parent with a solid object in their hand," OPP said.
The fight hap- pened in the arena parking lot, OPP Const. Rob Lewis told CTVNewsNorthern Ontario.ca in a phone interview.
Lewis said he couldn't confirm what object was used to hit the other parent, but it wasn't a weapon like a knife.
The victim report- ed minor injuries as a result of the altercation.
As a result of the investigation, a 40-year-old
woman from Markstay-Warren has been charged with assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and mischief by destroying or damaging proper- ty.
CTV News has reached out to both Markstay - Warren Wolves Minor Hockey and West Nipissing Minor Hockey Association for comment and is awaiting replies.
Last month, a 50- year-old Sudbury police officer
and minor hockey coach was charged in Espanola with threatening and assaulting a 12- year-old player from an opposing
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