Coach Charged After Player Threatened With Knife
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Coach Charged After Player Threatened With Knife
An assistant high school football coach has been charged after one of his players was threatened with a knife.
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LAKELAND, Fla. (October 23, 2009)--An assistant high school football coach in Florida has been charged after a player was threatened with a pocketknife.

The Polk County, Fla. Sheriff's Office said Christopher Michael Campbell pointed the knife at one of the Kathleen High School players during practice Wednesday.

No one was injured.

Campbell was arrested the next day.

Authorities said Campbell, 30, of Lakeland, Fla., later admitted to the school's athletic director that he took a knife to practice and told players, "Don't try me today."

Campbell was charged with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and exhibiting a weapon within 1,000 feet of school property.


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