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Vernon Man Being Held In Connection With Assault on Brown University Hoop Player
The man was arrested on Wednesday and charged for his involvement in the attack on Joseph Sharkey, police said.
A Vernon man was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with a weekend assault in Rhode Island that left a Brown University basketball player critically injured, police said.
Tory Lussier, 25, has been charged with being a fugitive from justice and is awaiting extradition to Rhode Island, according to a news release.
Members of the Providence Police Department contacted Vernon Police detectives regarding the felony investigation involving Lussier and asked for their assistance, according to police.
Vernon police located and arrested Lussier at his 57 Pinnacle Dr. residence without incident, according to a department spokesman.
Lussier was being held Wednesday evening at the Vernon Police Department, according to a news release.
According to a Tuesday story on WPRI.com, Joseph Sharkey, 21, received head injures after what authorities are calling an unprovoked attack on Sunday morning. Sharkey is a guard that appeared in 28 games for Brown.
A Vernon police spokesman said Lussier has been arrested before.
He and his brother were charged with assault after a September road rage incident on Route 83 in Vernon near Connecticut Golf Land that left a firefighter from Ellington's Crystal Lake Department injured.
Lussier is due back in Rockville Superior Court on May 29 for the continuing court procedure related to the Connecticut incident, according to judicial department records.
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