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Dad charged in bat attack

Saturday, May 4, 2002

DARRYL Q. TUCKER
THE SAGINAW [Michigan] NEWS

Prosecutors have charged a 51-year-old Fremont Township man with using a metal bat to assault his twin sons' high school baseball coach Tuesday after a doubleheader.

Robert D. Buxman, 2795 S. Hemlock, faces a charge of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm against Hemlock coach Ed LaJoice, 53, at the Richland Township Baseball Park.

Saginaw County District Judge Christopher S. Boyd arraigned Buxman on Friday and set him free on a $25,000 personal recognizance bond.

Boyd also ordered Buxman to report daily to the Sheriff's Department; to undergo mental health evaluation and counseling; and to not attend any sporting event or come within 500 feet of Hemlock High School until further notice from the court.

Authorities said Buxman was an autoworker but did not know for which plant.

Court officials have not set a preliminary hearing date. During the hearing, prosecutors will present evidence to a district judge who will determine whether enough evidence exists for Buxman to stand trial in Circuit Court.

The Sheriff's Department investigated the case at the request of the Richland Township Police Department. A department member is related to Buxman, officials have said.

This is a serious case, said Prosecutor Michael D. Thomas.

"There is absolutely no place in competitive school athletics or anywhere for this type of behavior by anyone. A metal bat and a human head are not equal in terms of strength."

One of Buxman's sons cursed LaJoice and walked away during a post-game team meeting, prompting Buxman to grab two bats and run toward LaJoice, prosecutors said. Buxman's sons, who are seniors, have quit the team, LaJoice said.

Witnesses to the incident included other coaches, players from both schools and spectators, Thomas said.

LaJoice, who was recovering from his injuries which included a bump on the head, was in the dugout Friday for the Huskies Tri-Valley Conference West Division doubleheader at Freeland. He told The Saginaw News on Thursday that he still was a little bit foggy and had a headache.

Buxman's attorney, James F. Gust, said authorities are blowing this incident out of proportion.

"I blame it on the publicity this case has received," he said, adding that if there was an assault, it was minimal.

If this incident was between two neighbors or two men on the street, "you wouldn't have heard much of anything about it," he has said.

Darryl Q. Tucker covers courts for The Saginaw News. You may reach him at 776-9686.
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[quote]Originally posted by twin58:


"I blame it on the publicity this case has received," he said, adding that if there was an assault, it was minimal.

If this incident was between two neighbors or two men on the street, "you wouldn't have heard much of anything about it," he has said.

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It's morons like this that don't get it. If two adults want to go out, get drunk and beat each other to a pulp, fine. But when emotions are running high enough for any sort of assault to take place during a youth sporting activity, hell any sporting activity, then the participants are truely a menace to the public safety.

Let's all look at the real victim here: The man charged in the assault. I'm sure the coach somehow deserved his beating and caused undue anguish to the dad with the bat. Try to understand what the poor guy went through. His son probably didn't start, and that could have caused him to not be scouted, not be drafted, and not to be offered the multimillion dollar contract which would have meant Pops didn't have to work anymore.

Yikes! Ump25, for a moment there you had me thinking you were serious (an ironic tone is not always easy to discern through uninflected written words.) I'll add that, if the scenario you describe does indeed form the background to this assault case, the Father still has recourse to filing a civil suit against the Coach for deprivation of income. (Or, if convicted of assault charges in criminal court, Dad can still write his prison autobiography and make millions off the publishing royalties.) Cynical? Has it been suggested that I might be slightly cynical? I seem to be turning into a fine curmudgeon in my advancing middle age...

[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: fielderschoice ]

[quote]Originally posted by fielderschoice:
Yikes! Ump25, for a moment there you had me thinking you were serious (an ironic tone is not always easy to discern through uninflected written words.) I'll add that, if the scenario you describe does indeed form the background to this assault case, the Father still has recourse to filing a civil suit against the Coach for deprivation of income. (Or, if convicted of assault charges in criminal court, Dad can still write his prison autobiography and make millions off the publishing royalties.) Cynical? Has it been suggested that I might be slightly cynical? I seem to be turning into a fine curmudgeon in my advancing middle age...

[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: fielderschoice ]

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You mean I wasn't serious? Regardless, I'm sure the accused will be able to find some dumbass jury somewhere to buy his story. I suggest he try a California jury.

God knows everyone in that state is just plain nuts.