| | Associated Press
BOSTON -- The third suspect in the stabbing of Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics was arrested Friday after police staked out
his girlfriend's home.
The arrest came a day after Pierce was released from the
hospital. He had been stabbed nearly a dozen times at a private
nightclub party early Monday. No motive has been disclosed.
|  | | Tony L. Hurston, left, and Trevor Watson were arraigned on Thursday. |
Pierce hopes for a quick recovery. The Celtics open training
camp Monday, but Pierce has not said if he will be there.
William Ragland, 28, was arrested at 9 a.m. in Lynn, Mass., outside
Boston. Police said Ragland was spotted through an open door when
someone in the house took out the garbage.
Ragland was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail after pleading
innocent in Boston to charges of assault and battery. He also had
his $25,000 bail revoked on a pending weapons charge.
His lawyer, Martin Leppo, declined comment.
Two other men, Tony Hurston, 31, and Trevor Watson, 34, pleaded
innocent Thursday, the day after they surrendered to Boston police.
Hurston posted $15,000 bail and was released, his lawyer, John
Swomley, said.
Prosecutors say Pierce was at the Buzz Club in Boston early
Monday when Hurston came up from behind him, punched him and then
hit him on the head with a bottle as the 22-year-old player lay on
the ground.
Watson and Ragland are accused of then joining the fight.
Ragland stabbed Pierce in the neck and chest, and Watson stabbed
him in the back, prosecutors said. One stab wound was 7 inches
deep.
Pierce had lung surgery at New England Medical Center. He left
the hospital wearing sunglasses over a swollen right eye and a
black Celtics cap that nearly covered a bandage on his forehead.
"I'd just like to tell everybody I feel good," Pierce said.
"I can't wait to get back on the basketball court and join my
Celtics teammates."
Pierce, 6-foot-7 and 220 pounds, averaged 19.5 points and was
second in the NBA in steals with 2.08 a game. An All-American at
Kansas, Pierce was drafted in the first round in 1998 after his
junior season. | |
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