Court records detail assault on Ringgold football player
Video surveillance at Ringgold High School reportedly shows a member of its football team running about 10 feet before leaping and kicking another player from behind, causing him to fall face-first on asphalt pavement.
Dezmier Alize Majors allegedly kicked Roderick Wilson Jr. in the back with his right foot, hitting him at the base of his neck and propelling him forward at the gate to Joe Montana Stadium following a football practice Sept. 13, the district’s police chief stated in court records.
“The victim did not see or know the accused was coming at him,” district police Chief Clayton Shell stated in court records.
Shortly before that incident at 1 Ram Drive in Carroll Township, the surveillance shows Wilson, 16, of Donora, running out of the locker room being chased by teammate Tyrese Lamont Youngblood, police said.
Youngblood also is shown in the video grabbing Wilson, punching him once in the stomach and kneeing him in the stomach before running back into the team locker room, police allege in an affidavit supporting charges against Youngblood.
School police reviewed the surveillance after being told by athletic director Laura Grimm she received an anonymous report about a fight after a football practice, court records show.
Majors and Youngblood, who are both 18 and also from Donora, are charged with simple assault. Youngblood also is charged with harassment.Majors is listed on the team roster as a 6-4, 220-pound tight end, and Youngblood is a 6-1, 220-pound running back.
Superintendent Karen Polkabla said the district was investigating the assault, but that it does not comment on situations that might involve student discipline.