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Upstate Attack Suspect Will Play for Serbian Basketball Team

Miladin Kovacevic, who is wanted by U.S. authorities after being charged with beating a fellow Binghamton University student into a coma, has signed a contract with a Serbian basketball club. Kovacevic, who attended Binghamton on a basketball scholarship, will play for KK Vrbas which is in a regional Serbian league, according to the AP. The team's captain said the team "is on his side," presumably meaning they support his decision to flee the authorities and refusal to face charges in the U.S. It's unclear what U.S. officials will do next, as they have already spoken to the Serbian government and Kovacevic's parents. The beating victim, Bryan Steinhauer, is still in critical condition.

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  • NannyState

    This is precisely why you isolate Serbia and its wretched citizenry. Why bring any of them here? This is the payoff, folks.

  • Spirit of 76

    If I were the state I would see if any Serbian officials had unpaid parking tickets or what have you and go after the Serbian gov that way.

    They'll just claim diplomatic immunity.

    What makes this story worse is that the assistant consul got off, as well. If not for DI, he could have been charged with aiding and abetting a fugitive.

  • pickycapellit
  • rcltrh

    He's kinda hot looking even if he is a bad boy

  • whantmoore

    If I were the state I would see if any Serbian officials had unpaid parking tickets or what have you and go after the Serbian gov that way.

  • bxbrian

    we do, niko bellic

  • Art Vandelay

    Don't we have creepy Black Ops dudes we can send in there and abduct this creep?

  • citizenerased

    Is this a funny joke?

  • JRod5417

    This story descends ever deeper into sheer suckiness.

  • theevilone

    Wow, Serbian basketball must suck.

  • longacre

    He sucks, and he's European...only a matter of time 'til he's drafted by the Knicks.

  • CR

    Well I guess it won't be too hard for the authorities to find him then.

  • gtraindelay

    oh jeez - don't they know he sucks?

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