Arrest made in beating of NJ cop after Rangers-Flyers game

Arrest made in beating of NJ cop after Rangers-Flyers game
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA — A man authorities say instigated a fight between hockey fans in Philadelphia earlier this month that left an off-duty Woodbridge police officer seriously injured has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Dennis Veteri, 32, of Glassboro, Gloucester County, was also charged with simple assault in connection with the Jan. 2 beating of 30-year-old Neal Auricchio Jr., Philadelphia police said today.

The attack, which was captured on video, occurred outside Geno’s Steaks after the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers faced off in the National Hockey League’s Winter Classic. Auricchio was wearing a Rangers jersey when he was attacked.

Auricchio, a decorated Marine veteran of the Iraq war, suffered a concussion and facial injuries and must get a titanium plate implanted in his face repair the damage, his lawyer, Raymond Gill of Woodbridge, said.
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