Bar Fight

DAVID R. Gillespie, what were you thinking? Why, oh why, did you file a complaint in 1998 with the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights claiming a bar's "Ladies Night" promotion - free admission and discounted drinks for women - discriminated against men? Did you get rejected at the Coastline Bar, Dave? Did some awful woman hurt your feelings so much that you lashed out at having to pay a $5 cover charge and full price for drinks? The civil rights division agreed with Gillespie, and deemed "Ladies Night" unlawful.

Police are investigating a killing outside a West Oak Lane nightclub earlier this morning. Around 1:15 a.m., police found a 30-year-old man shot in the shoulder outside Whispers Inn on the 7600 block of Ogontz Avenue, said police spokeswoman Officer Christine O'Brien. It appears the shooting developed from a fight started inside the lounge that spilled onto the sidewalk. The victim was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 1:29 a.m., O'Brien said.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes was charged yesterday with breaking a bouncer's nose in a bar fight, a felony with a maximum penalty of 3 1/2 years in prison. Tynes, the NFL's first Scottish-born player, turned himself in yesterday morning and made his first appearance in Pierce County (Wis.) Circuit Court on one felony count of substantial battery and one count of misdemeanor battery. He was released on a $15,000 signature bond. He practiced yesterday. Practice broke up before word of the criminal charges got out. The alleged fight took place early Sunday morning at a bar in River Falls, Wis., where the Chiefs have their training camp.

"CELEBRITY CIRCUIT," a non-news division of CBS, reports that Adam Lambert and his Finnish "Big Brother" boyfriend Sauli Koskinen have made up after causing a gay bar brawl (that's a phrase you don't hear too often) in Helsinki. Both were detained by Finnish police early yesterday. There is no truth to the rumor that the fight started when Sauli mocked Adam's runner-up finish on "American Idol" when he won "Big Brother. " Adam tweeted the real reason for the incident: "Jetlag+Vodka=blackout," he wrote.

A West Grove man convicted of smashing a beer bottle across a man's face in a bar fight nearly five years ago was sentenced to 90 days' probation on Tuesday before Chester County Judge M. Joseph Melody Jr. Stephen Joseph Golden, 41, of the first block of Tulip Lane in West Grove, was convicted of harassment as part of a plea agreement. Melody also fined Golden $100. Golden struck and cut Jeffrey Douglas McKinstry, of the 500 block of West Linden Street in Kennett Square, on the right side of the face with a beer bottle in March 1987 at the Anvil Inn on Route 1 in East Marlborough Township, according to court papers.

South Carolina starting quarterback Blake Mitchell was arrested after a bar fight early yesterday morning and has been suspended from playing. Mitchell was booked at Richland County jail for simple assault, a misdemeanor, police said. He was released yesterday afternoon following a bond hearing. A Columbia (S.C.) police report said the 21-year-old Mitchell punched Kylan Ertzberger in the left eye during a fight in a bar near the university early yesterday. Ertzberger told police Mitchell approached him about 1:45 a.m. and "initiated a verbal confrontation.

Three Minnesota Vikings players were arrested after a fight outside a downtown Minneapolis bar early yesterday. Vikings coach Mike Tice confirmed to the Associated Press the arrests of linebackers E.J. Henderson and Mike Nattiel, and tight end Steve Farmer. "I have not been able to find out anything concrete yet," Tice said. The three players were arrested along with a fourth man after a fight outside a nightclub. Troy Jones, 32, of Brooklyn Center, Mich., was beaten and taken to a Minneapolis hospital.

The mismatch was apparent to the judge and just about everyone else in the courtroom yesterday as Brian K. Jones pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and other charges stemming from a Dec. 13 attack on Robert Zokovitch. Jones, 23, of Morrisville, at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, stood head and shoulders above everyone else - even coming eye-to-eye with Bucks County Court Judge John Rufe, who usually seems to tower over defendants during hearings from the courtroom's elevated dais. Jones, a construction laborer, is the picture of health, with a solid physique, neatly trimmed beard, and long, light-brown ponytail.

Two men raised their glasses Sunday night at Russell's Pic II tavern in the Ancora section - against each other. The result: a fight that left three men charged with assault and two - one of them an apparent peacemaker - in the emergency room for treatment of cuts inflicted by a broken beer mug or beer glass used by the fighters, police said. Police said they received a report of a disturbance and possible stabbing at the bar on the White Horse Pike at 2:26 a.m. When officers arrived, they found Dwayne A. Gentile, 23, of Mount Laurel, and Ronald J. Kubat, 26, of the first block of Cypress Avenue, Hammonton, bleeding from cuts, according to police.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., dropped by a New York singles bar for an early- morning nightcap last week and ended up in a nasty altercation with a stranger. There were conflicting accounts about how much both men had to drink and who instigated the Jan. 12 incident at American Trash, a bar in Manhattan. A Kennedy spokesman said the senator had been approached by a man named Dennis McKenna, who "insulted the memory" of his slain brothers, triggering a confrontation. But McKenna, a former city hospital security officer and bouncer, charged last night on the Fox Network television show "A Current Affair" that it was a drunken Kennedy who had become belligerent and had challenged him to step outside after an exchange about Kennedy's behavior in the bar. Brian Woods, the bar manager, backed Kennedy's version of the events.

Former Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett, who had been trying to revive his career with the Pirates, is expected to miss two to three months while recovering from surgery for a facial fracture. The Pirates, who were trying to perk up their fortunes by acquiring Burnett, 35, in a three-player trade last month, are also in a pickle. They had intended to make him their No. 1 starter, but now have to scramble to find someone for their home opener April 5 against the Phillies. The righthander had surgery Friday in Pittsburgh for a broken orbital bone near his right eye, an injury he sustained when he fouled a ball off his face Wednesday during a bunting drill.

Police are investigating a killing outside a West Oak Lane nightclub earlier this morning. Around 1:15 a.m., police found a 30-year-old man shot in the shoulder outside Whispers Inn on the 7600 block of Ogontz Avenue, said police spokeswoman Officer Christine O'Brien. It appears the shooting developed from a fight started inside the lounge that spilled onto the sidewalk. The victim was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 1:29 a.m., O'Brien said.

"CELEBRITY CIRCUIT," a non-news division of CBS, reports that Adam Lambert and his Finnish "Big Brother" boyfriend Sauli Koskinen have made up after causing a gay bar brawl (that's a phrase you don't hear too often) in Helsinki. Both were detained by Finnish police early yesterday. There is no truth to the rumor that the fight started when Sauli mocked Adam's runner-up finish on "American Idol" when he won "Big Brother. " Adam tweeted the real reason for the incident: "Jetlag+Vodka=blackout," he wrote.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking $2.5 million from former 76ers star Allen Iverson over a 2009 bar fight. Guy Walker , who claims he was assaulted by an Iverson security guard, plans to appeal, said his attorney, Gregory Lattimer . Iverson's attorney said the man accused of striking Walker was not working for Iverson that particular night. In a deposition, Iverson answered questions from Lattimer, who won a $260,000 judgment against him a few years ago. In the deposition, he denied playing any role in a fight at the South Beach Pizza Bar nightclub in Detroit.

A GRAND JURY reduced charges against Jordan Jefferson to a misdemeanor for his involvement in a bar fight and the LSU quarterback's suspension from the top-ranked Tigers was lifted soon after last night. Jefferson, who testified before the grand jury, is now charged with simple battery and faces maximum penalties, if convicted, of up to 6 months in jail and fines up to $500. His attorney, Lewis Unglesby, said his client "will never be convicted" if the case goes to trial.

PITTSBURGH - Lara Bruhn, co-owner of Prantl's Bakery here, wanted to check out the daily-deal phenomenon popularized by companies such as Groupon and Living Social, so she subscribed to a few of the sites. That set off a steady stream of e-mail offers for yoga classes, restaurants, and numerous teeth-whitening services. "How white can your teeth really be?" she joked. At this point, Bruhn is regularly deleting the e-mails. "Can you tell I'm just a little jaded?" she said.

LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and teammate Joshua Johns were released on $5,000 bond each Friday in connection with a bar fight that injured four people. Attorney Shannon Fay , an associate of lead defense attorney Nathan Fisher , said the two players turned themselves in after police obtained arrest warrants on charges of second-degree battery. Jefferson and Johns, a linebacker, face felony charges for their alleged roles in a fight outside Shady's bar in Baton Rouge on Aug. 19. The players also have been suspended indefinitely by the school.

LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and teammate Joshua Johns were released on $5,000 bond each yesterday in connection with a bar fight that injured four people. The two players turned themselves in after police obtained arrest warrants on felony charges of second-degree battery, stemming from their alleged roles in a fight outside Shady's bar in Baton Rouge on Aug. 19. The players also have been suspended indefinitely by the school. Jefferson, a starter, and Johns, a reserve linebacker, will miss at least fourth-ranked LSU's season opener on Sept.

LSU starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson and three teammates met yesterday with investigators looking into a bar fight that injured four people, and police say they were cooperative. "They did not invoke the Fifth Amendment. They gave their side of the story," Baton Rouge, La., police chief Dewayne White said. "They provided additional witnesses they knew were there that night, and those were witnesses we intend to run down and get their statement. " White said there have been no arrests and no charges have been filed.

Four LSU football players - quarterback Jordan Jefferson , offensive lineman Chris Davenport , defensive lineman Josh Johns and receiver Jarvis Landry - hired a defense attorney and postponed a meeting with police about a bar fight that started when a patron honked at a crowd blocking his exit from a parking lot, Baton Rouge police said. On Saturday, coach Les Miles apologized for the fight, which he said occurred after the entire team checked in at Thursday's 10:30 p.m. curfew.