Tory Lussier
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Tory R. Lussier, the Connecticut man arrested Wednesday in the assault on a Brown University basketball player that left the player in critical condition, is on his way back to Rhode Island.
Providence Detective Capt. Michael E. Correia said Thursday afternoon that Lussier, 25, appeared in Rockville, Conn. Superior Court and waived extradition to Rhode Island to face a charge of felony assault. He is accused of punching Joseph Sharkey, a sophomore on the Brown basketball team, in the face early Sunday morning at the corner of Thayer and George streets.
Lussier was arrested in Vernon, Conn. late Wednesday.
Correia said that Lussier will spend the night in the Providence police station. He will be taken to District Court in Providence sometime on Friday to be formally arraigned on the assault charge.
Conn. man accused of assaulting Brown basketball player was arrested in Conn. last year