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Yanks fan charged with murder in Sox fan death

moshquerade

moshquerade

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Taking the rivalry *a little* too far here. 😕

Updated: May 5, 2008, 12:22 PM EST 285 comments

NASHUA, N.H. - A woman accused of running down a man in her car after a Red Sox-Yankees argument in a bar never hit her brakes as she accelerated toward the small group he was in, a prosecutor said Monday.

"She never braked, and she accelerated at a high speed for about 200 feet. She went directly at this group of people," prosecutor Susan Morrell said of Ivonne Hernandez, who is charged with reckless second-degree murder in the death early Friday of Matthew Beaudoin, 29.

Authorities won't describe the argument beforehand in Slade's Food & Spirits, but witnesses said it heated up when Hernandez identified herself as a New York Yankees fan. Like the rest of New Hampshire, Nashua, 45 miles northwest of Boston, is Red Sox country.

Bartender Tanya Moran said the argument spilled outside, and at least one person in a group that included Beaudoin began chanting ``Yankees suck!'' when they saw a Yankees sticker on Hernandez's car.

Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Hughes had only minor injuries, which Beaudoin's sister Faith said was because her brother shielded his friend.

Hernandez, of Nashua, was arrested at the scene. She acknowledged she had been drinking and refused to take a breath-alcohol test, said Morrell, a senior assistant attorney general. Hernandez said she had been in an argument with the group.

"She indicated to police that she wanted to scare this group of people. She thought they would get out of the way," Morrell said.

Hernandez was ordered held without bail after being arraigned Monday in Nashua District Court. The charges, including aggravated drunken driving, are felonies, so Hernandez could not enter a plea.

Her public defender, James Quay, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Beaudoin died of massive head trauma at a hospital, Morrell said.

Moran told The Telegraph of Nashua during the weekend that Beaudoin came to the bar regularly to socialize, sing karaoke and have fun.

"He came to hang out. He didn't really drink much," she said.

Chris Lovett, a disc jockey at Slade's, told the New Hampshire Union Leader that Beaudoin kept to himself and "wasn't an instigator."

Faith Beaudoin said her brother, who lived in Nashua, was a 1997 graduate of Nashua High School who worked dealing poker at Sharky's in Manchester and Nashua. She said his organs, including his heart, live and kidneys, were donated in hopes of saving other people's lives.

"He was always helping people when he was alive, and he's still saving lives," she said, choking back tears during the weekend.
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Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Hughes had only minor injuries, which Beaudoin's sister Faith said was because her brother shielded his friend.
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Well that settles it...

Red Sox fans = Courageous and Pure awesome :thumbsup:
Yankees fans = Cowards :|
 
Originally posted by: Phokus
Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Hughes had only minor injuries, which Beaudoin's sister Faith said was because her brother shielded his friend.
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Well that settles it...

Red Sox fans = Courageous and Pure awesome :thumbsup:
Yankees fans = Cowards :|
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better watch it next time you push a cowardly Yankee fan too far. 😕
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Phokus
Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Hughes had only minor injuries, which Beaudoin's sister Faith said was because her brother shielded his friend.
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Well that settles it...

Red Sox fans = Courageous and Pure awesome :thumbsup:
Yankees fans = Cowards :|
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better watch it next time you push a cowardly Yankee fan too far. 😕
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I'll have animal control on speed dial if i ever encounter a rabies infected Yankees Fan 😛
 
i shall refrain from expressing my feelings on the mentality of the average sports fan 😉

however, i did expect the fan in question to be a guy.
 
Looks like Yankee fans, like their pitchers, are experiencing "control" problems. At least she got an out.
 
let me guess - alcohol was involved?

let me guess - your response is - what was your first clue?
 
Originally posted by: sirjonk
Originally posted by: KK
2 less liberals to worry about. [flamesuit] 😛
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eh whatever, baseball is boring
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Boring? Someone just used a car to murder someone else because of it. Mortal combat - what more do you want? 😉
 
Originally posted by: ObiDon
is nobody else here amazed that a woman was able to purposely hit her target with a car? 🙂
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😕

how bout you c'mere and see if i can hit your face with my fist. i won't miss the target. 😛
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: ObiDon
is nobody else here amazed that a woman was able to purposely hit her target with a car? 🙂
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😕

how bout you c'mere and see if i can hit your face with my fist. i won't miss the target. 😛
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I believe the challenge is with a car, not with a fist. 🙂
 
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