BY KEITH EPPS
A young man who reportedly spit on a security guard at a Fredericksburg party late Saturday was taken to the hospital after the guard responded with a punch to the head, police said.
The ruckus erupted about 11:20 p.m. at the VFW Lodge at 2701 Princess Anne St., city police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said. The lodge had been rented out for a private party.
According to a police report, the ruckus started when an intoxicated 19-year-old Spotsylvania man entered the lodge and spit on the floor.
The security officer, a 25-year-old Spotsylvania man, followed the spitter into the bathroom and told him he would have to leave.
Two other men intervened at that point, Bledsoe said, and one of them placed a knife to the throat of the security guard.
The other man pulled his friend away from the security guard, and they left before police arrived, Bledsoe said.
She said a number of party patrons acknowledged seeing the knife incident, but no one gave police a name.
Meanwhile, the man who was told to leave, spit in the face of the security guard. The guard responded with a punch that knocked the man to the ground and led to the hospital visit.
Bledsoe said she had no information about the seriousness of the man's injuries.
No charges had been filed as of last night. An investigation is continuing.
Keith Epps: 540/374-5404