Coach arrested, investigation ongoing into fight at basketball game at Triton Central

Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 8:11 AM

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An arrest has been made in an ongoing investigation into a fight at a girls basketball game at Triton Central.

On July 23, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department was called to the Triton Central High School fieldhouse for a fight in progress involving juvenile players, adults, and basketball officials. It was determined that the fight occurred during a girls basketball game between the Cincinnati Indians Elite (Cincinnati, Ohio) and the DSP Heat (Owensboro, Kentucky).

The game was part of a tournament organized by Indiana US Amateur Basketball.

Laquita Carter and Difono Arnold are the coaches of the Cincinnati Indians Elite girls basketball team.

The game was being officiated by Jessica Harrison and Keambi Thomas.

During the game, official Jessica Harrison was confined and assaulted.

On Friday, an arrest warrant was issued for Carter for Level 4 Felony Criminal Confinement and Level 6 Felony Battery out of Shelby Circuit Court.

On Monday, Carter was taken into custody in Cincinnati and is currently being held at the Hamilton County Ohio Justice Center awaiting extradition.

Further investigation revealed that during the tournament, juvenile members of a boys team stole five curved monitors from a classroom at Triton Central High School with an estimated value of $1,700.

Juvenile members of the Cincinnati Indians Elite girls and boys team were also involved in the physical altercation in the gymnasium that resulted in injury to official Keambi Thomas.

The investigation into the identity of the juveniles involved in the battery and theft is ongoing and has proven difficult due to lack of cooperation. Several calls to the coaches have not been returned.

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