Dads ticketed for soccer game fight

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Waukesha, Wis -- Two Waukesha, Wis., men, one an off-duty policeofficer, were issued citations after they got into a fight at theirdaughters' soccer game.
Court records said Jeffrey Perlewitz, 47, a 20-year veteran of theWaukesha police force, and Ralph Newcomb Jr., 47, were each ticked$199 for the non-criminal offense after they got into a fight atthe June 4 soccer game that escalated to the point where refereessuspended the match, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reportedWednesday.
A report by Waukesha County sheriff's deputies said Perlewitz washeard yelling instructions to his daughter to "get in front of herand slap her if you need to. Just slap her," leading a femaleparent to tell him his words were inappropriate.
Perlewitz then allegedly called the woman a "fat lady" and theinsult led Newcomb to enter the argument and he told the off-dutyofficer to pick on someone else. The men argued until Newcombraised an elbow to block what he thought was an oncoming punch butinstead struck the other man in the eye, he told investigators.
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