TEEN CHARGED, FREED IN FIGHT OVER JACKET.Byline: Laurence Darmiento Daily News Staff Writer A Saugus teen-ager was released on his own recognizance own recognizance (O.R.) n. the basis for a judge allowing a person accused of a crime to be free while awaiting trial, without posting bail, on the defendant's own promise to appear and his/her reputation. Wednesday after being charged with assaulting a high school football player with a bat in a fight over a leather Harley-Davidson jacket. Phil W. Waterman, 18, who was being held in lieu of $20,000 bail, was released after arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted in Newhall Municipal Court on charges of felony assault and vandalism in a Monday afternoon brawl brawl n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. A loud party. 3. A loud, roaring noise. intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls 1. To quarrel or fight noisily. 2. . He pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing July 15. Waterman is accused of assaulting Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop musician. He is not to be confused with the late singer Paul Young who was in Sad Café and Mike & The Mechanics. and taking the bat to another player's car in the parking lot of the Del Taco Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes. The first Del Taco restaurant was founded in Yermo, California in 1961 by Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson. restaurant at Bouquet Junction. Investigators say Waterman apparently is a member of a ``party crew'' called ``The Rebels,'' who wear clothing sporting the Harley-Davidson insignia. The players and their relatives say the crew members were seeking a leather Harley jacket of a student not in the crew. Judge Floyd Baxter released Waterman, a former Saugus student, on his own recognizance after noting that the teen-ager had no adult criminal record. He also ordered that he not associate with crew members or attempt to contact Young. Deputy District Attorney Ann Marie Wise said she sought to have the teen-ager kept in custody on bail, noting that he had been arrested as a youth for at least two violent offenses. He was not convicted of those offenses, she said. Waterman faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the charges, prosecutors said. |
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