Brandon Speck/Monroe Journal
Here’s the latest I have this Wednesday morning…
I’d love to have more info from Aberdeen AD Dr. Wendy McCullough, but when I asked her about the situation this morning, she immediately transferred me to Superintendent Chester Leigh (voicemail). She all but hung up on me in the middle of a sentence.
For some background, you may or may not know this. When football games end on Friday nights, a game administrator is supposed to escort the officials to their vehicles. Typically, police officers even guide them out and hold traffic so they can leave.
After Friday’s game, neither of the two happened.
Instead, according to someone who saw it all happen, one of the officials got into his vehicle and blew the horn at the officers to guide him out. He shouldn’t have had too if they had been paying attention or admins had followed the correct protocol.
Not sure if it startled the officer or just irritated them, but somewhere in this time frame, the officer accused the referee of reckless driving and almost hitting officers. I’ve been told that the referee in no way did that and in fact had driven only a few feet. However, he was given a ticket and from what I hear, was also >>> click here to read the rest of the story at Monroe360.com.
