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PROVO — A Hail Mary pass during a flag football game that ended in a fight has now resulted in felony criminal charges for three Utah County men.
The fight resulted in two men being knocked out, investigators say.
Alan Talanoa, 22, of Provo, and Dlamyn Maalosi Kumulani Notoa, 24 of Lehi, were each charged Thursday in 4th District Court with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony. Darman Fatufane P. Notoa, 26, of Orem, was charged with obstruction of justice, a third-degree felony.
Two teams were playing a flag football game at Harmon Park, 200 S. 850 East in Provo, on Sept. 30. One witness told police that "a couple players collided from each team" at the end of the long pass. At that point, Dlamyn Notoa grabbed a man "by the neck and punched him several times, dropping him to the ground and rendering (him) unconscious," according to charging documents.
That man suffered a concussion.
Talanoa then "ran toward an individual who was turned away (and) threw a left-handed punch, which knocked the victim unconscious," the charges state. That victim was "experiencing memory loss after the incident."
When police went to Darman Notoa to get a phone number for his brother, Dlamyn Notoa, so they could talk to him, he gave the officers a wrong number, charging documents say, adding that when shown a video of the fight, Darman Notoa gave police the name of another person as the one seen in the video knocking out one of the victims.
