For the second week in a row, a Philadelphia Eagles fan was arrested for assaulting a four-legged officer.
PHILADELPHIA — On the field, the Eagles punched the Vikings in the mouth, and in the parking lot, a crazed Eagles fan allegedly did the same thing to a police horse. Again.
You read that right. For the second week in a row, a deranged Eagles fan was arrested for assaulting a four-legged officer.
Hours before kickoff, Andrew Tornetta, 19, of North Wales, Pa., allegedly scuffled with a state trooper and the horse he rode on in the Lincoln Financial Field parking lot. According to Philadelphia Police spokesman Jeff Chrusch, Tornetta was arrested around 3:15 p.m. and was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and related charges.
A week ago, Taylor Hendricks, 22, was also arrested for slugging a police horse after he was thrown out of the Linc in the divisional round against the Falcons.
In total, Philadelphia cops said they arrested only six people Sunday amid wild celebrations that broke out across the city as the Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl for the third time in franchise history.
Unlike the wilding that took place after the Phillies won the World Series in 2008 in which 76 hard-partying fans were locked up, only two were arrested for disorderly conduct Sunday, and two more were busted selling counterfeit tickets.
Philadelphia was bracing for chaos after the big Birds’ win. The city’s “Crisco Cops” slathered streetlight posts with cooking grease Sunday morning to prevent fans from climbing them after the game, but some fans still managed to climb some of the slippery poles. In one video, shot by a fan on the street, a large crowd of delirious Eagles fans chanted “F–k that grease!” as one man climbed a lubed-up street sign. In another viral video of Philly fans gone wild, a man in an Eagles jersey was wiped out by a subway stanchion running after a train.
While the Linc was not cozy for visiting Vikings fans — some were pelted with objects walking through the raucous parking lot and others were mercilessly cursed at as they approached the stadium — the notoriously nasty Philly fans managed to stay out of jail for the most part. Good job.
The low arrest totals were consistent with the good behavior of local football fans last year when the NFL Draft was held in Philly and there were no arrests made despite more than 100,000 people attending the festivities.
