GaryMrMets
05-15-2003, 03:01 AM
Dybas Pleads Innocent to Attacking Umpire Diaz
.c The Associated Press
CHICAGO (May 14) -- A man who ran on the field at a Chicago White Sox game last month and was charged with attacking an umpire pleaded innocent Wednesday.
Eric Dybas, 24, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, is charged with one count of felony aggravated battery and one count of misdemeanor criminal trespass in the case.
Dybas is accused of hopping the fence at U.S. Cellular Field last month at a White Sox-Royals game, running on the field and attacking umpire Laz Diaz.
Dybas has said he'd been drinking beer all day and that he didn't mean to crash into the umpire.
Seven months earlier, Royals coach Tom Gamboa was attacked at what was then called Comiskey Park by a man and his son who went on the field near the first-base dugout.
If convicted, Dybas faces two to five years in prison. His next court appearance will be June 16.
05/14/03 18:47 EDT
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.c The Associated Press
CHICAGO (May 14) -- A man who ran on the field at a Chicago White Sox game last month and was charged with attacking an umpire pleaded innocent Wednesday.
Eric Dybas, 24, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, is charged with one count of felony aggravated battery and one count of misdemeanor criminal trespass in the case.
Dybas is accused of hopping the fence at U.S. Cellular Field last month at a White Sox-Royals game, running on the field and attacking umpire Laz Diaz.
Dybas has said he'd been drinking beer all day and that he didn't mean to crash into the umpire.
Seven months earlier, Royals coach Tom Gamboa was attacked at what was then called Comiskey Park by a man and his son who went on the field near the first-base dugout.
If convicted, Dybas faces two to five years in prison. His next court appearance will be June 16.
05/14/03 18:47 EDT
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.