Assistant coach is charged with assault
A rising star in college basketball‘s coaching ranks threw a punch that led to the death of a New York City tourist who apparently mistook him for an Uber driver, police said Thursday.
Wake Forest assistant coach Jamill Jones attacked digital marketer Sandor Szabo around 1:15 a.m. Sunday in Queens, causing him to fall and hit his head on the sidewalk, police said.
Szabo, visiting from Boca Raton, Fla., made contact with the window of Jones’ SUV while looking for his ride after his stepsister’s wedding, police said.
A person familiar with the investigation told the Associated Press that Szabo may have been drunkenly banging on car windows before Jones allegedly confronted him. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to speak publicly.
The coach got out, followed Szabo to the sidewalk, clocked him and sped off, police said. Szabo never regained consciousness and was taken off life support Tuesday.
Jones, 35, of Kernersville, N.C., turned himself in to police on Thursday, accompanied by a lawyer. He is awaiting arraignment on a misdemeanor assault charge.
His lawyer could not immediately be reached.
Prosecutors have charged former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer with misdemeanor battery against his wife after a June incident at their Agoura Hills home.
Kramer, an Encino native who played for the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears and San Diego Chargers from 1987 through 1999, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
L.A. County sheriff ’s deputies arrested Kramer on June 13 and released him about 21⁄2 hours later on $50,000 bond.
Kramer’s wife, Cortney Baird, filed for divorce two days after the arrest, according to court records. She also asked for a temporary restraining order against Kramer.
Tylor Taylor, a sophomore linebacker at Louisiana State, has been suspended as he faces charges in connection with a firearms theft from a pawn shop in Georgia. The university’s official statement on the matter said only that the suspension stemmed from a violation of team rules.
Police records in Cumming, Ga., show that authorities suspect that Taylor drove four suspected burglars to and from the pawn shop where a theft occurred in January.