Fan who threw coin at 76ers' Iverson gets jail time
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The Detroit Pistons fan who hit the Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson in the head with a quarter drew a five-day jail sentence Thursday.
Dennis Pauley of Taylor, Mich., was arrested immediately after the April 26 incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It happened during Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs.
The 31-year-old Pauley pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor charge of throwing an object onto a playing surface.
The incident did not escalate into a conflict on the scale of the November brawl involving Pistons fans and Indiana Pacers players.
The judge also put Pauley on two years' probation. He's forbidden to drink alcohol during that time.
Wow isn't this a little over the top? I mean yes, who would be that stupid to throw a coin at an immensely famous basketball player, but who would also send that guy to jail for five days?
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i'm with the guy above me. I love AI, I hate Detroit, but throwing a coin does not warrant 5 days of jail time. judging from previous instances i can understand why this happened, but still. this is ridiculous.
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uh regardless throwing a coin does not warrant 5 days and certainly would not warrant more if Iverson pressed charges. If I got mad at you, threw a quarter at you, and you contacted the police they'd probably laugh at you if you said 'HE THREW A QUARTER AT ME!!!!!!' it was only so big because of the circumstances between Detroit and Indiana, and that was overhyped by the media to begin with.
EDIT: also to the kid above, i don't think it's funny to joke about people being raped in jail, and the odds are if you truly experience life at some point you are going to be possessing jail time, and i think kids who post at internet message boards are slightly more likely to get raped in jail than that guy, who seemed pretty big. Sorry if this seems like a bait, but that comment was just tasteless. If the mods want to delete this they certainly can.
Re: Fan who threw coin at 76ers' Iverson gets jail time
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Originally Posted by musiclexer
ur acting like the guy was innocent ^^
he had no business doing what he did and now hes paying for it.
i didn't say he was innocent. I said 5 days in jail is bull****.
Again. If I threw a coin at you unprovoked, and you called the police and told them I threw a coin at you, do you think the police would even bother to show up to the scene?
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Originally Posted by musiclexer
lol it'd be funny if he got raped while he was in jail
good for him.
Not funny. You have a disgusting sense of humor. Hope your humor matures as you grow up.
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Re: Fan who threw coin at 76ers' Iverson gets jail time
yeah it could be a weapon, but i doubt anyone would consider it as such. If some average Joe called the police and said "THIS GUY JUST THREW A COIN AT ME!!!" they would not dispatch an officer in 90% of towns. I'm not sure how probation laws work in Michigan but in Pennsylvania if that man was truly on probation his sentence would have been much more than 5 days.
The guy should have gotten a fine since obviously they had to arrest someone to send a message. overall it's bull**** and only a big deal because of Basketbrawl.
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two years is that it he should get life for that he hit allen iverson
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