Off-Duty Officer Pleads Guilty, Punched Lindsay Lohan's Cousin​

FENWAY, MA — An off-duty police officer from New Jersey admitted Monday to an unprovoked assault that sent a Boston College hockey player (who happens to be singer Lindsay Lohan's cousin) to the hospital and sidelined him with serious injuries earlier this year.

Instead of sending the off-duty police officer to jail, the judge decided to put him on probation for two years with conditions, Suffolk County District Attorney John P. Pappas said.

During an appearance Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, Daniel Hunt, 27, of Barrington, N.J., pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery for his role in the January beating that left another man with facial injuries that required surgery.

Assistant District Attorney Judith Lyons of the DA's Major Felony Bureau recommended that the court enter a guilty finding and sentence him to two years of probation with orders that Hunt have no contact with the victim, stay away from alcohol and drugs, undergo an anger management program, and pay $2,618.67 in restitution for out-of-pocket costs incurred by the hockey player as a result of the injuries he suffered in the attack.

Judge Rosalind Miller did not find Hunt guilty and instead continued the case without a finding for a probationary period of two years.

She imposed all the orders recommended by prosecutors except the anger management program, which Hunt had completed while the case was pending.

If Hunt completes 100 hours of community service and stays away from alcohol, drugs, and pays Lohan's costs during the two-year period then his case will be dismissed.

If not, it could be put back on track for trial. Hunt appeared in court Tuesday with a certified check in the amount of $1,700 and will have 30 days to pay the remainder.

Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorney Judith Lyons would have presented evidence and testimony to prove that Hunt, an off-duty officer of the Haddon Heights, N.J., Police Department, was among a group of men who had traveled to Boston for a gathering that lasted into the early morning hours of Jan. 19, when the group entered a Kenmore Square pizza shop, the DA's office said.

Graduate student Kevin Lohan, a defenseman on the Boston College hockey team, then 24, a resident of Chestnut Hill at the time, was also at the restaurant with a separate group.

Hunt confronted and then allegedly pushed the victim, starting a physical altercation. As members of both groups attempted to break up the fight, another member of Hunt's group, Ian Salerno, came behind Lohan and punched him in the jaw, knocking him to the floor, video appears to show.

That hit sent Lohan to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he underwent surgery. As a result of the blow, the hockey player's jaw had to be wired shut for three weeks and permanent metal plates were implanted in his jaw and cheek.

Boston College said in a statement he was out indefinitely. The Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. native had skated in 14 games for Boston College until then. Lohan transferred to BC following a four-year stint at the University of Michigan, where he was an assistant captain as a senior. Lohan played in 64 games in Ann Arbor, Mich. and had one year of eligibility remaining after redshirting his junior season.

Hunt’s co-defendant, Salerno, 29, of Philadelphia, was indicted for aggravated assault and battery in connection with the incident and faces trial on Feb. 11, 2019.

Previously:

Off Duty Officer Charged For Punching Lindsay Lohan's Cousin

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