Man Arrested After Thrown Sex Toy At Wnba Game Strikes 12-year-old Girl

The man who allegedly threw a activity artifact toward nan tribunal during a New York Liberty crippled striking a 12-year-old woman has been arrested, constabulary said.

New York constabulary arrested Charles Burgess, 32, of Dayton, Ohio, connected Wednesday. Burgess was charged pinch 2 counts of battle successful relationship pinch nan incident.

It was not instantly clear whether Burgess has been booked into jailhouse aliases if he has ineligible representation.

The NYPD had been searching for nan culprit since Aug. 5, erstwhile personification threw a activity artifact onto nan court of nan New York Liberty-Dallas Wings crippled astatine Barclays Center successful Brooklyn, hitting a woman successful nan leg.

Police said nan fishy fled nan segment connected ft and remained connected nan lam until Wednesday.

This incident is 1 of galore akin occurrences astatine WNBA games this summer, including different caller examples in Phoenix, Chicago and Los Angeles. Two men person been arrested successful relationship pinch incidents successful Georgia and Phoenix.