Fight

Standard-Examiner

September 27, 2011

This is a statement from the family of John Massie, who passed away on July 6, 2011, after a violent altercation on the Las Vegas strip:

John Massie was a man who believed in and lived out American values of hard work, family, neighborly kindness, and service.

OGDEN -- A fight Saturday on Historic 25th Street led to a pair of Trece members to be also slapped with violating the gang injunction.

The fight occurred outside of Brewskis, 244 25th St., Ogden, Police Lt. Danielle Croyle said.

CLEARFIELD -- Clearfield Police continue to investigate a fight between students from Job Corps.

SYRACUSE -- After running a stop sign in a Syracuse neighborhood, City Councilman Matt Kimmel got a stern warning from a city resident who witnessed the offense.

But it was how Kimmel implied he was a Syracuse city employee and challenged the authority of the witness that resulted in the 34-year-old councilman receiving a $93.10 fine for failing to yield for a stop sign.

LAS VEGAS — The wife of a Florida high school football coach being held on a murder charge said Friday her husband was defending himself when he threw a punch that authorities say killed a Utah man in a Las Vegas Strip casino.

FRESNO, Calif. -- A jury took only two hours Wednesday to find a Fresno woman not guilty of urging her daughter to fight a 13-year-old girl -- even though her actions were captured on a YouTube video.

On the video, Carla Jimenez is seen circling the two combatants and telling her 12-year-old daughter, "Swing, baby, swing!" She then shouts out the F-word when someone tries to stop the fight.

When the verdict was announced in Fresno County Superior Court, Jimenez appeared stunned, holding onto the defense table for support.

The mother of the 13-year-old -- Cecelia Cerda -- bolted from the courtroom before Judge Gary Orozco thanked the jury for its public service.

"I'm upset," Cerda said afterward. "I just can't believe it, because she admitted to everything."