House arrest for Flyers fan in postgame assault
A South Jersey Flyers fan was sentenced Friday to house arrest for beating a New York Rangers fan - and off-duty North Jersey police officer - unconscious outside Geno's Steaks in January. Dennis Veteri, 33, of Glassboro, got into an altercation with Neal Auricchio Jr., a police officer in Woodbridge, who was in Philadelphia Jan. 2 to attend the Winter Classic game between the Flyers and Rangers. Veteri was sentenced to 111/2 to 23 months of house arrest and then five years' probation. - Robert Moran
A South Jersey Flyers fan was sentenced Friday to house arrest for beating a New York Rangers fan - and off-duty North Jersey police officer - unconscious outside Geno's Steaks in January. Dennis Veteri, 33, of Glassboro, got into an altercation with Neal Auricchio Jr., a police officer in Woodbridge, who was in Philadelphia Jan. 2 to attend the Winter Classic game between the Flyers and Rangers. Veteri was sentenced to 111/2 to 23 months of house arrest and then five years' probation.
- Robert Moran