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Witness Says Man Ran Off After Punching Soccer Ref Who Later Died
LIVONIA (WWJ/AP) – A woman who witnessed a fatal attack on a referee at a metro Detroit adult league soccer match says on a 911 call that the assailant ran to a car before “peeling out.” Livonia police...
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Funeral Set For Referee Killed During Recreational Soccer Match
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) – A funeral is scheduled Thursday for a referee who authorities say died from a punch to the neck by a player who objected to being ejected from an adult men’s league game....
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Dearborn Man Charged With Murder In Death Of Referee During Adult Soccer Game
Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad (credit: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office) DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – A Dearborn man has been charged with second degree murder in the death of an adult-league soccer referee. John...
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$1 Million Bond Will Not Be Reduced For Man Charged With Killing Soccer...
LIVONIA (CBS Detroit/AP) - A metro Detroit soccer player accused of killing a referee with a punch to the neck will remain held on a $1 million bond, a judge ruled. Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad made an...
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Man Charged With Killing Referee Faces Key Hearing
Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad (credit: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office) LIVONIA (WWJ/AP) - A Detroit-area soccer player accused of killing a referee with a punch faces a key hearing on a second-degree murder...
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He Never Saw It Coming Says Witness In Soccer Referee Death On The Field
LIVONIA (WWJ/AP) – He didn’t see the punch coming. That statement from a witness Wednesday in a Livonia courtroom for the preliminary trial of a man accused in the death of a soccer match referee....
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Trial Ordered For Dearborn Man In Murder Of Soccer Referee
Bassel Saad (credit: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office) DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) – A Dearborn man who allegedly killed an adult league soccer referee with a punch to his neck has been bound over for trial....
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Fundraiser Planned For Family Of Slain Soccer Ref John Bieniewicz
PLYMOUTH (AP/WWJ) – A fundraiser is planned for the family of a Detroit-area referee who died after being punched by a player during a recreational soccer game this summer. The event honoring John...
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Hearing Postponed For Soccer Player Charged In One-Punch Killing Of Referee
Bassel Saad (credit: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A hearing for a Detroit-area soccer player charged in the one-punch slaying of a referee has been postponed. Wayne County...
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Soccer Player In Referee Slaying To Get New Judge
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A judge has recused herself from the case of a metro Detroit soccer player charged in the one-punch slaying of a referee. In stepping aside, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia...
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Soccer Player Charged In Referee’s Murder To Stand Trial Next Year
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A trial for a Detroit-area soccer player charged in the one-punch slaying of a referee has been delayed until next year after a new judge was assigned to the case. Wayne County...
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Judge Rules Murder Charge Stands Against Deaborn Man In Death Of Soccer Referee
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Wayne County District Court judge has denied a request to downgrade a murder charge against a Dearborn man who killed a soccer referee with a single punch. Bassel Saad’s attorney...
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Autopsy Photos OK As Evidence In Referee’s Death
DETROIT (AP) — A judge says jurors can see photos from the autopsy of a Detroit-area soccer referee who died after a player punched him in the head. Lawyers for Bassel Saad say the photos could...
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Man Faces Deportation, 8-15 Years In One-Punch Killing Of Referee
Bassel Saad (credit: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A soccer player charged in the one-punch killing of a referee during a game has agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors in which...
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Michigan Panel OKs Bills Making It Crime To Assault Referee
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Bills moving forward in the Michigan Legislature would make it illegal to assault a sports referee. A Senate committee on Tuesday voted 4-1 to send the legislation to the full...
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Michigan Referee’s Death Prompts Calls For Tougher Laws
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Attacks on Michigan referees so alarmed Jim Dworman, an accomplished lawyer who also officiates high school basketball and football games, that he...
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Soccer Player Sentenced To 8-15 Years In One-Punch Killing Of Referee
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A weekend soccer player whose punch killed a referee will spend the next 8 to 15 years behind bars in a case that inspired Michigan lawmakers to discuss a new class of sports crimes....
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Referee’s Widow Files $51 Million Lawsuit Against Player Who Killed Him,...
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The wife of a Detroit-area soccer referee filed a $51 million lawsuit Friday against a hot-headed player who is in prison for throwing a punch that killed her husband during a game...
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Lawsuit Settled Over One-Punch Death Of Metro Detroit Soccer Ref
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The family of a Detroit-area soccer referee who was killed by a player’s single punch has settled a lawsuit over the death. The Detroit Free Press says details weren’t disclosed at a...
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