Delmon Young pleads guilty to aggravated harassment, gets community service
Nov 7, 2012, 11:05 AM EDT
The 2012 season was kicked off in style as Delmon Young got drunk and walked down a New York street yelling anti-Semitic garbage at people. It became a tabloid sensation in New York and he was charged with a hate crime. The matter has been settled now, however, with a plea that his beef busted down to aggravated harassment, and may be reduced even lower (see below). And he gets some fun community service out of it too:
ALCS MVP Delmon Young pleads guilty to shouting anti-Semitic slur, tackling a man outside NYC hotel in April.
— Tony Aiello (@TonyAielloNY) November 7, 2012
BREAKING: Tigers’ Delmon Young pleads guilty to agg harrassment, gets 10 days comm service + must attend program at Museum of Tolerance
— Tony Aiello (@TonyAielloNY) November 7, 2012
I haven’t seen the plea, but I just spoke to someone with knowledge of it and it’s apparently a “re-pleader” deal. Which means that if he does his community service as ordered, he will come to court next May and have his conviction reduced to a lesser charge.
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- kulserd - Nov 7, 2012 at 12:22 PM
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Yeah… but does he really “Get” it?
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- historiophiliac - Nov 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM
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Humorously, the Occupy people in my town got actual jail time for standing on the grass after 11:00pm, and Delmon Young gets…it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world — and not in the funny way. At all.
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- jaysjunkie - Nov 7, 2012 at 5:04 PM
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That is messed up. Young is a first-class douchebag.
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- Old Gator - Nov 7, 2012 at 7:39 PM
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Is the guy he assaulted suing him?
Oh, what a dumb question. This is America. Of course he is.
Chances are, that’s where the real punishment is going to come in.
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- koufaxmitzvah - Nov 7, 2012 at 12:54 PM
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Everyone should visit the Museum of Tolerance.
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- alexo0 - Nov 7, 2012 at 6:31 PM
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By community service, does that mean he’s forced to spend time playing for the Pirates?
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- weaselpuppy - Nov 7, 2012 at 8:45 PM
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I thought the Museum of Tolerance only existed on South Park….holy crap! It’s real!
