Punters gone wild, part II

[coogrfan]

First we had the guy at Northern Colorado who tried to move up the depth chart by stabbing his rival in the leg, now this:

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061208/SPORTS0602/612080415/0/SPORTS01

Punter charged with assaulting QB

Report: Kovalcheck grabbed by groin; knife later involved



Kyle Keown, a four-year member of the Vanderbilt football team, was arrested last week on charges of domestic assault and aggravated assault following an off-campus incident.

Released on $7,000 bond, Keown is scheduled to appear in Criminal Court on Jan. 8.

According to sworn affidavits obtained from the Metro Police Department, during the early-morning of Dec. 1, Keown began striking his ex-girlfriend, Sarah Treichel, in the Elliston Place apartment occupied by him and Commodores backup quarterback Richard Kovalcheck. When Kovalcheck intervened, Keown began hitting him.

After the 6-foot-2, 215-pound Kovalcheck struck Keown in self-defense, the 6-foot, 195-pound Keown "then grabbed the victim by the groin, and began squeezing and pulling very intensely."

Keown eventually released Kovalcheck, and the two went to separate bedrooms in the apartment. Keown then entered Kovalcheck's bedroom through a balcony entrance "holding a large knife above his head. The victim stated that the defendant told him that he was going to kill him."

At that point, Kovalcheck and Treichel "fled the residence and notified police."

When police arrived, Treichel, a senior member of the Vanderbilt women's swimming team, did not want to press charges and was apparently uninjured, according to the affidavits. Kovalcheck had some dried blood in his nose after being struck by Keown, and "also appeared to be in pain from his groin injury." Keown had left the scene.

Did I miss something? When did back-up punters become such a bunch of nut-cases?

 

[DallasCowpoke]

grabbed by groin; knife later involved

Of all the events that you don't want to hear recapped back-to-back in a statement, I'd have to say this is in the top 5.