Unruly Phillies Fan Assaults, Vomits on Cop and His Family

Capt. Michael Vangelo and his 16- and 11-year-old girls drove down from the Lehigh Valley to watch the Phillies take on the Washington Nationals Wednesday night when the alleged assault occurred, police said.

Vangelo, 43, says from the moment his family took their seats, a group of unruly men starting disturbing anyone near them.

"They were yelling vulgarities, obscene language," Vangelo said Thursday.

"I had beer thrown on me and water and then one individual started spitting at the back of my daughter's chair and he actually spit on my 11-year-old daughter," he said.

Vangelo went to report the men to ushers, who promptly ejected them from the game. The man says everything seemed fine until another fan got involved.

That fan -- identified by police as Matthew Clemens -- was sitting with another, unrelated group of fans who were also disciplined for acting out when he allegedly did what Vangelo describes as the "most disgusting thing" he's ever seen.

Clemens, 21, positioned himself behind the 11-year-old's chair, stuck his fingers down his throat and vomited on the girl and her father, police said.

"He leaned forward, he projectile vomited all over me and my daughter," Vangelo said with a look of hurt splashed across his face.

Clemens then began wailing on Vangelo after he pushed him away from the girl -- hitting the off-duty officer in the head and neck, causing his ear to bleed, police said.

Surrounding fans jumped in to help subdue Clemens before he was arrested.

"He was still vomiting on the other fans that were holding him down," Vangelo said.

Clemens faces several charges including Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Harassment and Resisting Arrest.

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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Off-Duty-Officer-Daughters-Assaulted-at-Phillies-Game-90983739.html

I've seen a lot of crazy drunk behavior at sporting events, but this is a new one even for me

(Yankees fan, BTW.)

Face it, Kent, you threw up ON Dean Wormer.

I hope they throw that young man's ass UNDER the jail. And you all can keep your classy Philly fan jokes to yourselves or stick em where the sun don't shine.

Voltaire (A born and bred Philadelphian living in the Midwest).

I'm not saying that this behavior is exclusive to Phillie fans, but I've been to plenty of ballparks (yes, wearing Mets gear) and the fans in Philadelphia are certainly the most outright hostile.

Really...projectile vomiting on a cop and his kids? How stupid do you have to be???

Idiots like him are the reason why we have such a bad reputation. I have traveled to many different ballparks and can say that there are some others with fans that make Citizens Bank look really good.

Unlesss you're a Philly fan.
















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Using the most expensive lab in town.

And then I hope they send him a nice hefty bill for the lab work.

That is not a Philly guy. We fight with other men. This jackass is one of those frat boy suburban assholes that come in and make us all look bad. I hope he has fun in jail.