Volunteer coach arraigned on misdemeanor charge

TOLONO – A volunteer youth basketball coach is due in court Feb. 18 with a private attorney on a charge stemming from a melee at a game Monday night.

Michael McCarty, 40, of Savoy was arraigned Tuesday on a misdemeanor battery charge accusing him of making physical contact with a 12-year-old boy at a basketball game at the Unity West elementary school. Judge Richard Klaus set bond at $5,000.

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