Asia Cooper Jr., 21, and Joel Thomas Cooper, 19, both of Crownsville, were charged with second-degree assault, malicious destruction of property in excess of $1,000, disorderly conduct and affray – fighting in public in a manner that disturbs the peace. In addition, Asia Cooper Jr. was charged with reckless operation and negligent operation.
On July 23, department officers, the U.S. Coast Guard and Cambridge Police responded to a call for help from members of the Cambridge Yacht Club, who reported that a powerboat with five passengers aboard was interfering with a sailboat race and that two men were fighting. The incident was video recorded by members of the race safety committee.
The rented powerboat sustained about $3,000 in damages. The subsequent police investigation identified both suspects.
A date has not been set in Dorchester County District Court. If found guilty of all charges, Asia Cooper Jr. could be fined as much as $6,500 and sentenced to jail. Joel Cooper could be fined as much as $5,500.
9 comments:
Thanks to the wipmy sailboaters that made an otherwise epic family fight on a boat into a viral video and major criminal event. Just another reason to not like blow boaters. I won't even rent them dock space and luckily they are not yet a protected class.
I bet they didn't damage that boat at all, but I bet everything that was EVER wrong with that boat got repaired.
That being said it was one of the stupidest things I have ever seen and they are lucky no one was hurt or killed.
5:00pm You are an idiot! The people in the sailboat were watching the race. It was the idiots in the other boat that was causing the problems. Maybe they should just sit there and let them fight, you know like the videos online you see where everyone stands around while someone gets their head pounded in because no one wants to get involved.
5:01 PM
The video showed them breaking the antenna. They are not cheap. You can't rent a boat with the antenna broken so they probably lost revenue for a few days while it was getting fixed.
Crownsville huh? State mental institution located there. Just saying.
Ditto 5:00
2nd 5:01.....the idiots were the viewers that made something out of nothing. Had a nice family event and appeared all had a good time. Stay out of it unless someone needs assistance. Then jump in and enjoy yourself too.
5:09
Sailboater are usually democrat do gooders that need to mind their own business. They are as bad as those bike riding pansies that take up the whole fing road. The owners of the boat have a credit card to charge for damages and insurance. Let the drunk brothers duke it out.
Went to school with their dad's who were tough and could fight. They were hard working family, never started trouble but would end it if you messed with them.
Antennas don't cost $3K.
Yeah.. Ok!.. Grew up with the likes of them too. Think they are but not
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