Confrontation At Youth Basketball Game Leads To Arrest: Police

WEST HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford woman was arrested after a confrontation at an eighth-grade travel basketball game Sunday evening in West Hartford, according to police. A referee’s call during a game between West Hartford and East Hartford at Hall High angered some spectators who reportedly became belligerent toward the referee, police said.

A woman was recording the confrontation with her cellphone after the game was called and the spectators were leaving. Another woman, later identified as Marcelie Ramos, was walking by and became agitated about the filming, according to police.

Ramos is accused of approaching the woman and “forcefully” swinging at and swatting the phone away with her hands, police said in a press release. No injuries were reported.

Ramos, 20, of Madison Avenue, was arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace. She was released on a $2,500 bond and assigned a court date of Dec. 12 at Community Court.

“While investigating this incident, the game referee reported that a male spectator had verbally threatened him about a call he made during the game and then followed him across the court and tried to physically assault him,” police said. “This incident is still being investigated.”

Pictured: Marcelie Ramos, 20, of Hartford / West Hartford Police Department

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