20-year-old player arrested during intermission in his team's locker room
This story is right out of the book of things you don't hear about everyday and no, this story doesn't come from your local beer league. This incident occured over the weekend in the North America Hockey League Action.
On Saturday night the New Hampshire Mountain Kings played the Johnstown Tomahawks. After the 1st period was over, local police entered the Mountain Kings locker room and arrested Yahor Ramanau. The 20-year-old was handcuffed and placed under arrest.
The reason for his arrest did not stem from an on ice incident and actually stemmed from an incident two years ago.
In the NAHL, 20 yr old defenseman 🇧🇾 Yahor Ramanau was arrested during the 1st intermission of his New Hampshire Mountain Kings vs Johnstown Tomahawks game.
He was picked up on an outstanding warrant issued two years ago where he was charged with aggravated assault by vehicle.
According to court documents the warrant was issued two years ago when the Ramanau, a native of Belarus, played for the Esmark Stars in Pittsburgh. At the time he was charged with aggravated assault by vehicle.
Ramanau is presumed innocent until proven guilty. To add insult to injury his team went onto lose the game by a score of 2-1.
POLL |
Should Yahor Ramanau have been allowed to finish the game? |
No, arrest was justified | 170 | 45.9 % |
It probably could have waited | 139 | 37.6 % |
Yes, he definitely should have finished the game | 61 | 16.5 % |
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