Father and Adult Son Arrested After Pokemon Fight

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Pokemon Go players usually come together to pit their virtual creatures against each other but in this case, the players are the ones doing the fighting. A 71-year-old guy and his adult son were arrested for allegedly assaulting another player they claimed had thrown a Gatorade bottle at their card and stole their Gym.

Robert Matteuzzi (the father) followed the man and then allegedly threw back the Gatorade bottle, hitting him in his face. All three players reportedly got in a fight.

As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, a bystander captured the incident on video, and here's how the paper (via Kotaku) described what happened:

A bystander took video of the encounter and caught Robert Matteuzzi holding the victim down while his son hit the victim's head and face several times, [Kirkwood Police Officer Matthew] Waggoner wrote. The victim suffered cuts to his face, a ‘traumatic' eye injury and a broken finger tip.

Now, Matteuzzi and his 31-year-old son Angelo Matteuzzi are being charged for third-degree assault. Pokemon Go is meant to be a family-friendly game but some players just can't control their urge to fight when they compete seriously.

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