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US Navy Sailor Arrested For Assault After He Was Refused After-Hours Bar Service
The 24-year-old sailor smashed a beer stein into some college kids' head after staff told him the bar was closed.

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The 24-year-old sailor smashed a beer stein into some college kids' head after staff told him the bar was closed.
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