The man arrested for the WNBA Sex-toy launching the game of NY Liberty

An Ohio man was arrested to launch him with a sex toy in a WNBA match in New York, police announced on Thursday.

This is the last development of a series of disturbances where similar toys were launched at WNBA games across the country, which led to at least three arrests.

Charles Burgess, 32, of Dayton, Ohio, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly launched an object on the Dallas Wings match against New York Liberty on August 5, New York police told the Associated Press. The object struck a 12 -year -old girl and Burgess was accused of two chiefs of assault.

He was not immediately clear if Burgess had a lawyer.

Similar disruptions occurred in the matches in Atlanta on July 29 and August 1, Los Angeles and Phoenix on August 5 and Chicago on August 1 and August 7.

Some of the sex toys have reached court and caused delays in play, while others landed in the crowd, as in Phoenix where an 18 -year -old was arrested.

The man in this case told the police that it was a farce that tended on social networks and bought the toy one day earlier to take the match. He was attacked to the arena by a volunteer who would have witnessed him to launch him and began to follow him while he was trying to leave the arena.

Police said the man had been arrested for suspicion of assault, disorderly conduct and publicly displaying explicit sexual matters.

According to a police report.

• He is accused of disorderly conduct, criminal intrusion, public indecency and indecent exposure.
• The four accusations are crimes in the state of Georgia, which means that if it is condemned, the sanction for each can be a fine of up to $ 1,000 or a prison sentence of up to 12 months.
• An offense for public indecency and indecent exposure may also require recording on the list of state offenders.

The report indicates that the man of Georgia told the police “that it was supposed to be a joke and that the joke (was) supposed to become viral”.

The sex toy that landed on the ground in Los Angeles almost struck the fever of the Indiana Sophie Cunningham.

League officials said that anyone throwing objects in the court will be ejected from the arena and would face a minimum one -year ban from attending matches.

Media reports on disturbances have linked toys to a group involved in a related cryptocurrency memes room.

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Although Clark and Reese have both been injured this season, ticket sales have not slowed down thanks to the arrival of the Recrue de la Recrue Paige Bueckers in Dallas, the curiosity of the expansion of the Golden State Valkyries and the extended television coverage.

And after having increased the 40 game calendar from last year to 44 games this season, the WNBA is being pace to break the previous attendance record.