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3 men sentenced in fatal Phillies ballpark attack
Yahoo ^ | 12/20/11

Posted on 12/21/2011 8:29:21 AM PST by Libloather

3 men sentenced in fatal Phillies ballpark attack
AP – 13 hrs ago

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three men who fatally attacked a man outside a Philadelphia Phillies game in a brawl police say was sparked by a spilled drink have been sentenced to prison terms.

Francis Kirchner, Charles Bowers and James Groves each pleaded guilty in October to voluntary manslaughter and criminal conspiracy in the July 2009 death of 22-year-old David Sale Jr. outside Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies were playing the St. Louis Cardinals.

Kirchner, 30, was sentenced Tuesday to consecutive terms totaling nine to 18 years. Bowers, 37, got consecutive terms totaling five to 10 years. Groves, 48, was sentenced to concurrent terms of two to four years.

Sale and some of his friends were at a bar attached to the Phillies stadium when they had an altercation with the defendants, authorities said. Both groups were told to leave the bar, and the confrontation escalated in the parking lot.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; ballpark; fatal; phillies
Another proud Philadelphia sports moment.
1 posted on 12/21/2011 8:29:27 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Where are the pictures of the “defendants?” Since they are not posted in the articles, one supposes that they were another group of “Holder’s People.”


2 posted on 12/21/2011 8:38:25 AM PST by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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To: Libloather

Ok all you Philly Fans out there, I have a question, Does the New Phillies Ball Park and the New Eagle’s Staduim have a Philly/PA Commonwealth Magistrate stationed in the Staduim/Ball Park? I know that the Old Vet did.


3 posted on 12/21/2011 8:38:25 AM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: vette6387

You’d be wrong, not all the crap in Philly is brown.


4 posted on 12/21/2011 8:40:57 AM PST by BilLies (Bumper Sticker: RON PAUL WOULD BE WORSE THAN OBAMA.)
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To: vette6387
Where are the pictures ... one supposes that they were another group of “Holder’s People.”
Surely you jest - with names like Francis, Charles and James?

5 posted on 12/21/2011 8:44:50 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Libloather
Why so sad fellas! Free sex headed your way... In fact, you in the middle look like you just got a little bump from behind... Peek-a-boo!!!


6 posted on 12/21/2011 8:52:48 AM PST by avacado
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To: Libloather

Nothing beats watching a game on a large screen flat panel television in the comfort of your own home. There are to many crazy people at these events these days.


7 posted on 12/21/2011 9:04:49 AM PST by Wiggins
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To: oh8eleven

Ugh...

These are horrific looking people, God...


8 posted on 12/21/2011 9:31:46 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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These are horrific looking people
The first two look "normal" to me.
But the last guy looks like he tied one on and fell asleep on the beach for 6-8 hours.
(Or maybe his BP is 300/200.)
9 posted on 12/21/2011 10:04:57 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Libloather

10 posted on 12/21/2011 10:10:47 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: vette6387

Where are the pictures of the “defendants?” Since they are not posted in the articles, one supposes that they were another group of “Holder’s People.”

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Wrong.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=8473504

They’re not Holder’s people, they’re your people.


11 posted on 12/21/2011 10:19:23 AM PST by dmz
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The poor guy who got killed happened to spill a drink and all hell broke loose.
The three MURDERERS (and that’s what they are), just destroyed him. The fatal wound was a torn neck artery that bled into his spinal column. That was caused by a vicious kick in the head. There were also many other internal injuries and his ear was partially torn off.

These three should have been sentenced to life without parole at the very least, but after a mistrial, they pled to a lesser charge of manslaughter.


12 posted on 12/21/2011 10:57:25 AM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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