Wake Forest University placed Jamill Jones, an assistant men`s basketball coach, on leave Friday after Jones was charged with an assault that resulted in the death of a Florida tourist in New York. Ron Wellman, WFU`s athletics director, said in a statement that he took the action after he spoke to Jones Friday, `and he agreed that the decision is appropriate at this time given the circumstances.` Jones, 35, of Geoffrey Way in Kernersville, is accused of punching Sandor Szabo, 35, of Boca Raton, Fla., once in the face Sunday in the Queens borough of New York City. New York City`s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Friday that Szabo`s death was a homicide as Szabo died of a blunt...
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