Update – Video of Phillies Fan tasered as he runs onto field – sentenced to 6 months probation
By6/25 03:13: Steven Consalvi was sentenced to six months probation, 80 hours of community services to be served in two separate soup kitchens in Philadelphia and attend mandatory summer school for English.
If Consalvi passes a drug test and completes his sentence, his record will be expunged.
Source: Lonnie White, Fanhouse
5/4 13:11: Before 17-year-old Steve Consalvi ran onto the field, he called his father for permission to do so.
“He said, ‘Dad, can I run on the field? I said, ‘I don’t think you should, son,’” Wayne Consalvi told the Philadelphia Inquirer (via ESPN) of the conversation he had with his son.
“This would be a once in a lifetime experience!” Steve Consalvi replied to his father, according to the newspaper.
The father said he was not drinking or on drugs, nor did he run onto the field as a dare or bet.
“I don’t recommend running on the field, but I don’t think they should have Tased him at all,” he told the newspaper.
5/4 12:18: We’ve all wanted to do it. Be a hero to 50,000 fans, get on tv when a baseball milestone is passed or just get out there to shake your favorite player’s hand. The only problem is that you’ll get arrested, go to jail and be banned from the stadium forever. Sometimes you forget you’ll get tasered, just like this Phillies’ fan.
According to the USA Today, the Philadelphia Police stand behind the officer who tasered the teenager.
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsay said on KYW Radio Tuesday that “it was inappropriate for him to be out there on the field. Unless I read something to the contrary, that officer acted appropriately. I support him 100 percent.”
“This is the first time that a Taser gun has been used by Philadelphia police to apprehend a field jumper,” Phillies spokeswoman Bonnie Clark said in a statement. “The Police Department is investigating this matter and the Phillies are discussing with them whether in future situations this is an appropriate use of force under these circumstances. That decision will be made public.”

