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Jul
30

Phillies vomiting fan Matthew Clemmens sentenced

By Ryan

Matthew Clemens Phillies fan

7/30 10:50: We all remember Matthew Clemmens and his story that will go down in my book as one of the worst things to happen at a baseball game.  Clemmens pleaded guilty in May to charges of assault, harassment and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to one to three months in jail, two years of probation and 50 hours of community service. The maximum penalty was two years in jail.

Clemmens was taken into custody after Family Court Judge Kevin Dougherty sentenced him, and several family members burst into sobs.

Clemmens admitted he stuck his fingers down his throat and vomited on Vangelo.  After the friend was ejected, Clemmens was sitting alone behind the Vangelos when he answered his cell phone and said: “I need to do what I need to do. I’m going to get sick,” the prosecutor said.  Dougherty also ruled that Clemmens would have to pay Vangelo $315, the cost of the five tickets for him and his family to attend the game in April. Vangelo said he intended to donate the money to the Easton Police Athletic League.

Information from ESPN.com was used in this article.

5/25 12:57: According to the Associated Press, 21-year-old Matthew Clemmens of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to one count each of simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment for his stupidity at the April 14 Phillies-Nationals game at Citizens Bank Park.

Clemmens shoved his fingers down his throat and vomited on an 11-year-old daughter of an off-duty police officer. He then proceeded to slug the officer in the head several times.

“It was the most vile, disgusting thing I’ve ever seen,” said Captain Michael Vangelo, the father of the 11 year-old girl, “and I’ve been a cop for 20 years.”

According to David Gambacorta of the Philadelphia Daily News, the final vomiting act came after several innings worth of “slurred curses, spilled beer and spit” that Clemmens and another man directed at Vangelo.

Clemmens and his accomplice were seated a row behind Vangelo and loudly cursed until the 15-year-old daughter asked them to stop.

“One guy started spitting . . . first it landed on the back of my daughter’s chair. Then it landed on her hooded sweatshirt.” Vangelo said that Clemmens then loudly stated that he was going to be sick. “He leaned over and put two fingers down his throat.”

In exchange for his guilty pleas, charges including reckless endangerment and corruption of minors were dropped.

Clemmens will be senteced on July 30 with guidelines calling for Clemmens to get probation.

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