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Eagan dad who allegedly punched son after basketball game faces new charges

A man who allegedly hit his eighth-grade son in the face after a basketball game at Lakeville South High School is facing new charges. Thisweek newspapers says the Dakota County Attorney's Office has charged Steven Ohara Wilson with malicious punishment of a child and child neglect (both gross misdemeanors). That comes on top of a charge of misdemeanor domestic assault.
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A man who allegedly hit his eighth-grade son in the face after a basketball game at Lakeville South High School is facing new charges. Thisweek newspapers says the Dakota County Attorney's Office has charged Steven Ohara Wilson with malicious punishment of a child and child neglect (both gross misdemeanors). That comes on top of a charge of misdemeanor domestic assault.

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