CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — A Franklin County woman has been charged with simple assault after she allegedly attacked a 13-year-old at a football game.
Michelle Skaggs, 37, from Orrstown, has been charged with simple assault, criminal mischief - damaging property and two counts of harassment.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, officers were dispatched to Tiger Stadium in Cumberland County on Oct. 27 at 8:57 p.m. for a report of an active assault.
At the scene, officers spoke with the 13-year-old victim who was wearing broken glasses. He alleged that he was trying to break up a fight between two other boys. He was allegedly knocked down when Skaggs bent over top of him and punched him 2-3 times in the jaw.
Skaggs allegedly began to drag the victim by his hoodie across the ground while he was still on the ground.
The assault reportedly broke the victim's glasses and cracked his cell phone.
The victim's mother alleged that she was sitting in her car when Skaggs bent over top of her son. She confronted Skaggs who allegedly admitted pushing and kicking the victim.
Skaggs also allegedly punched another victim several times in the back while he was on the ground.
Jeremy Stouffer, the president of the Shippensburg Midget Football League, posted a statement on Facebook following the incident.
He wrote, in part, "I am embarrassed of the way our coaches and children acted, the way our parents and fans acted and I am embarrassed of the fact your children were put in an unsafe spot. I am sorry for the failure on my part to give your children a fun, safe, learning environment."
"I saw two children last night sitting in the back of their car while the mother was being taken away screaming and bawling waiting for someone to come pick them up over a youth football game. Over a youth event. Not tears of joy because they won a championship, or tears of joy because this is their last year moving forward, but tears of hate. Tears of sadness. Tears of loss. And not because the child did anything but because the adults don't know how to act," his statement continued.
