Merrimack Player Suspended After Arrest

CHN Staff Report

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.  Merrimack forward August von Ungern-Sternberg has been suspended from the team following an arrest last weekend for assault and battery, witness intimidation and resisting arrest. von Ungern-Sternberg is accused of assaulting a female student in his dorm room.

According to a police report, von Ungern-Sternberg's roommate took the victim from the room and called police. The roomate, according to the police report, found the female student in the dorm room he shared with von Ungern-Sternberg, and she was crying and injured.

The police report said that the victim had "swelling and marks next to her left eye and cheek" as well as abrasions on her shoulder, arms, left hand and left knee.

Police also said that other Merrimack players warned them to "be careful" of von Ungern-Sternberg when they went to arrest him, because he could be violent.

Police used a master key to get into von Ungern-Sternberg's room, where he was sleeping. When they tried to place him under arrest he kicked at officers and there was a struggle before he was subdued.

von Ungern-Sternberg was released on $2,500 bail and ordered to stay away from the college, the victim and witnesses; the judge also ordered be he evaluated for substance abuse and his mental health.