A messy Oct. 14 postgame fight between the Hancock Central and Warren County football teams sent Screaming Devils head coach David Daniel to the hospital and left one school superintendent seeking justice for her coach. However after a GBI investigation, a Hancock County grand jury decided that “no indictment be returned against anyone,” according to a story in the Augusta Chronicle. The grand jury convened Wednesday and determined that, after viewing the reports, no indictments would be handed out.
According to the reports, one player did admit to hitting Daniel, though only after he was first punched three times by the coach. Witnesses from both sides said the other team began the melee, and it was later confirmed that Daniel was not hit by a helmet but rather a fist, according to the story.
Warren County Superintendent of Schools Carole Jean Carey was on hand the night of the incident and remembers seeing Daniel take off with the offensive coordinator when, “we saw helmets go up.” She later saw Daniel get struck she told Score in an interview.
Carey had petitioned to get the GBI’s involvement after initially the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office denied a request for outside help. Carey declined to testify yesterday, and she told the Augusta Chronicle the result, “was expected.” She also revealed that a civil lawsuit is “in the works.”
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