Colombian soccer official Ramn Jesurn has charges from Copa Amrica arrest dropped

Ramn Jesurn had charges of battering a security guard at the Copa Amrica final dropped on Monday, more than a month after the Colombian soccer federation president and his son were arrested at the match where hundreds of fans forced their way into Hard Rock Band, an attorney for the 71-year-old Jesurn, said prosecutors decided to drop the felony battery charges after carefully considering the evidence. Charges remain against Jesurn's son, Ramon Jesurn Jr., who is scheduled to go on trial in November."I appreciate the state attorney's review of this matter Emiliano Martínez Jersey, " said Band, who represents both men. "Hopefully we can reach an agreement in terms of resolution" for the younger Jesurn as well, he and his son both faced three counts of felony battery on an official after being accused of fighting stadium security guards after Argentina defeated Colombia in the Copa final on July records said both men tried to go onto the field through a tunnel where media was gathering after the match. They got into a verbal altercation with stadium security, who stopped them after being instructed to not allow guests in while players were coming on or off the field at the same verbal altercation eventually turned physical with a guard placing an "open palm" on Jesurn Jr.'s chest to "guide him back" and the younger Jesurn grabbing the guard "around his neck" and pulling him to the ground before throwing "two punches that impacted" the guard, the arrest report evidence did not show that the elder Jesurn made any physical contact with stadium security or any other employees during the melee Máximo Perrone Jersey, Miami-Dade assistant state attorney Charles Heinemann wrote in the close-out wrote that one of the security guards involved who told officers that Jesurn had battered him did not appear at pre-file conferences scheduled by the state and "has not returned our phone calls or emails."Without the guard's "sworn statement and clarification of his role in the incident the state will not be able proceed with any charges, " Heinemann broke out before the Copa Amrica final when crowds of fans some without tickets forced their way into Hard Rock Stadium.