NYC Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Threw Sex Toy That Hit a 12-Year-Old Girl During WNBA Game

Police successful New York person arrested a man who is suspected of hitting a 12-year-old woman pinch a activity artifact during a WNBA crippled earlier this month.

Charles Burgess, 32, of Dayton, Ohio, was arrested connected Wednesday, Aug. 20, according to aggregate news outlets including NBC News, The Athletic and USA Today.

Burgess faces 10 criminal charges, including second-degree attempted assault, a felony that carries a maximum condemnation of 7 years successful prison. The fishy is besides facing charges including interference pinch a master sporting event, reckless endangerment, harassment and obscenity. 

The Ohio man pleaded not blameworthy to each charges, according to The Athletic.

Authorities had been searching for Burgess since he was allegedly caught connected surveillance video entering Barclays Arena connected Aug. 5 earlier nan New York Liberty-Dallas Wings game.

The fishy was pictured wearing achromatic shorts, achromatic sneakers and a achromatic Beavis and Butt-Head T-shirt. He besides wore a reddish shot headdress and appeared to person tattoos connected some arms.

The fishy allegedly pulled nan entity from his pants and threw it during nan crippled astatine astir 8:45 p.m., striking “a 12-year-old female unfortunate successful nan correct leg,” constabulary said astatine nan time.

A begetter of six who is joined and owns an car shop, Burgess is “a casual fan” of nan WNBA, his lawyer told The Athletic.

“He does not regularly be WNBA games, he is simply a casual fan, and he is not progressive successful immoderate of these aliases anterior incidents,” Paul D’Emilia told nan outlet. “Mr. Burgess intends to vigorously conflict these embellished and exaggerated charges. There seems to beryllium video grounds that nary 1 was really struck by nan thrown object, rendering immoderate of nan included battle charges unsustainable.”

Burgess' apprehension comes amid a spate of akin incidents that happened connected nan aforesaid night.

An 18-year-old was taken into custody connected Aug. 5 astatine nan Phoenix Mercury and Connecticut Suns game, halfway crossed nan state successful Phoenix.

Kaden Lopez was arrested during nan matchup aft constabulary allege he threw a "green dildo" successful beforehand of him, hitting a man and his 9-year-old niece earlier Lopez past exited nan stands. The alleged incident was captured connected surveillance video.

And astatine a game between nan Indiana Fever and nan Los Angeles Sparks that aforesaid night, an entity identified arsenic a activity artifact was thrown onto nan court, and deed Fever prima Sophie Cunningham.

"Oh, look out. Something conscionable came onto nan floor. An entity conscionable flew successful arsenic nan free propulsion is being made. It looked for illustration that deed a player, too," a commentator said during nan moment. A referee quickly halted nan crippled to region nan entity successful a video shared on X.

Green activity toys were besides thrown connected WNBA courts during games connected July 29 and Aug. 1.