5 charged in Vermont youth game brawl

ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) — 5 adults have been charged with misdemeanor assault for a brawl that erupted at a center faculty basketball recreation earlier this 12 months, Vermont State Police mentioned, however they gained’t face any prices associated to the demise of 1 particular person concerned within the combat who later had an acute cardiac occasion.

Police watched a number of movies of the Jan. 31 boys’ basketball recreation. They decided {that a} verbal dispute between teams of followers for the Alburgh and Albans Metropolis Faculty escalated right into a combat on the court docket.

Police mentioned Friday they discovered “no proof to assist prison prices associated to the demise” of 60-year-old Russell Giroux, who died greater than two hours after the altercation on the Alburgh Group Schooling Middle.

The medical expert decided final month that Giroux’s reason behind demise was an “acute cardiac occasion following altercation in a person with coronary artery atherosclerosis.” The way of demise shall be listed as “undetermined.”

The 5, who vary in age from 24 to 43, face arraignment on Might 11. It was not instantly identified if they’d legal professionals.

After the brawl, faculty officers introduced that spectators wouldn’t be allowed to attend dwelling basketball video games for the remainder of the season on the Alburgh center faculty.

Alburgh is a city of about 2,100 in northwestern Vermont. It’s surrounded on three sides by Lake Champlain and the northern a part of the neighborhood types a part of the border with Canada.

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