Unruly Behavior

Police Captain Michael Vangelo and his sixteen and eleven year old daughters drove down from the Lehigh Valley to see the Philadelphia Phillies play the Washington Nationals. As soon as they took their seats in the stadium, a group of men behind them were being very disruptive and annoying anyone around them. They were yelling very inappropriate things and Vangelo and his older daughter turned around and asked them if they could stop, but that only made things worse. Beer and water had been thrown at Vangelo and one man started spitting on the back of his eleven year old daughter’s seat and actually spit on her! Vangelo did not hesitate to report the men to one of the ushers and have them ejected from game. When everything seemed fine, another fan, Matthew Clemmens, got involved. He went behind the family and stuck his two fingers down his throat and vomited all over them. Vangelo says “It was the most vile, disgusting thing I've ever seen. He has two fingers down his throat; he lunges forward and vomits on myself and my 11-year-old.” Vangelo then tried to push his children safely behind him when Clemmens punched Vangelo in the face. Other fans around them immediately took action when they saw that Vangelo got punched and held Clemmens down to the ground until the police came. Someone punched Clemmens in the face as he tried to break free, but he too was hit by vomit. Clemmens was charged with assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and related offenses for the incident at the game. He was being held on a $36,000 bail.