Crime & Safety

Woodland Hills Player Charged with Assault

Shakim Alonzo has been charged in a juvenile petition with assault for striking Peters Township player Gabe Pritz on the head during the WPIAL first-round game.

The Observer-Reporter is reporting that the basketball player—who punched a  player during the WPIAL first-round game last Saturday—has been charged in a juvenile petition with assault.  

California University of Pennsylvania  against Shakim Alonzo, 17, charging him with striking Gabe Pritz on the head during a heated Class AAAA game at the university, Washington County District Attorney Gene Vittone told the O-R Thursday morning.

Vittone told the newspaper the assault did not appear to fall under any statutes that would have allowed police to charge Alonzo as an adult.

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He couldn't comment further because of the student's age, he said.

Alonzo was  for sprinting to the foul line to punch Pritz. He said Peters Township used a racial slur toward him during the game.

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