Deputy Among Indicted

A Cook County (Ill.) sheriff’s deputy had to surrender his badge and gun after being indicted in the point-shaving scheme at Arizona State.

Joseph Mangiamele, 35, of Arlington Heights and his father, Dominic Mangiamele, 61, of Mount Prospect, Ill., were among four people indicted Friday in what federal officials said was one of the nation’s worst sports gambling scandals.

Two former Arizona State players, Stevin “Hedake” Smith and Isaac Burton Jr., pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, admitting they took bribes to fix four games in 1994. The indictment accuses the Mangiameles of helping raise money for the bribes and for bets on the games.

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A circuit court judge in Charlottesville, Va., upheld a misdemeanor assault conviction against former Virginia guard Courtney Alexander and sentenced him to 48 hours in jail. Alexander transferred to Fresno State after the July 18 attack on his fiancee. . . . Rutgers freshman forward Maurice Brown, arrested Dec. 3 and charged by university police with burglary, lewdness and harassment after a complaint by a female student, withdrew from school, Coach Kevin Bannon announced. Brown had already been suspended indefinitely from the team by Bannon and also was suspended from school indefinitely.