Obion man assaulted

Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 5:00 pm

The Messenger, June 17, 2013
An Obion man was injured Sunday night when he was struck in a head with a bottle while playing basketball in Union City.
Logan Hale, 18, was treated at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City following an incident that allegedly occurred at the basketball courts on Nash Street in Union City, according to a Union City Police Department report.
Hale told police a friend dropped him off at the basketball courts around 9 p.m. and he said there were several black men on the court, none of whom he knew. He said he asked if he could play ball with them and they indicated he could.
According to the report, Hale said he played for about an hour or so with the other men and everything was going fine when someone suddenly hit him in the head with a bottle, knocking him out. He said when he awoke, no one was around and he called a friend to pick him up.
The friend told police she picked up Hale around 10:50 p.m. and took him to the emergency room for treatment of the head injury.