Charge dropped against Marshall basketball player from Augusta

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA - The charge against a Marshall University basketball player accused of attacking a Huntington police officer has been dropped. <br> <br> Twenty-two-year-old senior guard Richard Wilson of Augusta had been charged with battery against a police officer. <br> <br> Cabell County Magistrate Johnny McCallister dismissed the charge Monday because of failure to prosecute. The move came after the police officer failed to appear in court, according to McCallister&#39;s clerk. <br> <br> The case stemmed from an early morning fight at a bar near the Marshall campus on June 14. According to court records, Wilson suffered minor facial injuries. <br> <br> When an officer tried to gather information about the fight, Wilson allegedly punched him in the left shoulder and neck area. <br> <br> The officer then pepper-sprayed Wilson and restrained him. <br> <br> If convicted, Wilson could have faced up to a year in jail and a maximum one-thousand dollar fine.