ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A football player has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for slamming a referee in the face with his helmet at the end of an unruly semiprofessional game in upstate New York. Running back Leon Woods had pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. He apologized Friday for seriously injuring veteran referee Peter McCabe Jr. at Edgerton Park in Rochester last October. His guilty plea in June came after a brief hearing at his trial, when a judge said Woods could be heard making an incriminating statement in a recording. The 54-year-old McCabe suffered a fractured skull and had his nose and multiple bones in his face broken. Witnesses said he was attacked without warning by a Western New York Cougars player wearing Woods' number.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
