Man punches cop, vomits on daughter at Phillies game
Matthew Clemmens, a 21-year-old from South Jersey, allegedly vomitted on the daughter of an off-duty cop at Wednesday's Phillies game, police said.
Man punches cop, vomits on daughter at Phillies game
Seriously, what’s wrong with this guy?
Matthew Clemmens, a 21-year-old from South Jersey, took boorish behavior at a sporting event to an all-time low at Wednesday’s Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, authorities said.
His alleged crime had nothing to do with snow balls or batteries.
Police said Clemmens intentionally vomited on the 11-year-old daughter of an off-duty Easton police captain, and then slugged the cop in the head several times.
The disgusting display followed several innings’ worth of slurred curses and spilled beer that Clemmens and another man directed at Michael Vangelo, his two daughters and one of their friends, said Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore.
“It reminds you of the type of behavior you used to hear about at the 700 level in Veterans Stadium,” Vanore said. “It won’t be tolerated.”
Clemmens’ vile harassment of Vangelo and his daughters was witnessed by another off-duty Easton cop who punched Clemmens after he doused the young girl in vomit, Vanore said.
His antics didn’t end there. When Philadelphia police tried to arrest Clemmens, “he fought with them for a little while. He apparently threw up on one of the officers, too,” Vanore added.
Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., was charged with simple assault, aggravated assault, harassment, resisting arrest and related offenses.
Typical Animal— bahrvelous- You stay classy, Philadelphia.— Drunk_In_Philly
- He was beaten by the cops. Not excusing his behavior, but the mug shot shows a black eye. That happened when he was handcuffed and not during the incident. He will most likely be convicted of the charges, but I think he wins in the long run. When he files a lawsuit,and the city settles.— TallT1973
- Savage!!!!— Phillyaviator37
- He should have been beaten by the cops!— bgood52
- Tall T, you are an idiot. I hope he gets his a** kicked again while he is sitting in a cell tonight. Don't try to make an excuse for his black eye -- I say it should have worse for his treatment of the young girls at the game. You must live in either the Mayfair/Frankford section or in New Jersey b/c only punks who think they are tough live in those areas & make excuses when they want to start something but have their a**es handed to them instead...— jones17
- Drunk in Philly: the guy is from South Jersey.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- To Jones17 and Phillies2008WSChamps, The South Jerseyans you refer to are not really from South Jersey, they are just the children of the South Philadelphians that moved 15-20 miles over the Walt Whitman bridge back in the 80's and 90's. South Jersey is the beach from Brigantine down to Cape May excluding Wildwood and Margate (Wildwood is the Jersey Shore or Little Philly, whatever you prefer and Margate is, well, Margate). South Jersey extends from the beach 25 miles to the west, everything after that belongs to the White Sneaker Posse members of South Philadelphia.— surfoc
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- our asinine alcohol laws have clearly prevented this problem.— dreinterests
- just another reason to get rid of the bridges— spab94
- TallT1973- You make a good point about a possible lawsuit.I to hope that this guy has a bad night in the cell(jones17), but if the Blackeye came after cuffs were put on,(that is a big if at this point)then he will file suit.Police must control their emotions.Most cops will remember the psychological question during that stage of the police recru ..process- about the burning house you come apon while walking down the street-do you follow your heart and run in to help save someone,or do you compose yourself and call 911? If this guy wins a lawsuit,hopefully the young ladies who he harrassed,can file a suit against him,and take every penny.— sanchez82
- He should be spending the night in the hospital. And TallT1973 you are a moron! The article says that he was punched by another off-duty Easton cop (and rightfully so!!!!) - This piece of s)#^ INTENTIONALLY VOMITED ON AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL!!!! He should have his skull cracked and be in the icu at Methodist right now. Friggin punk.— PhillySteve21
- Jersey people are a joke. Stay in your own state. Also, don't get me started on how poorly you Jersey people drive.— djax10
