Five adults have been charged with misdemeanor assault for a brawl

Five adults have been charged with misdemeanor assault for a brawl that erupted at a middle school basketball game earlier this year, but they won’t face any charges related to the death of one person involved in the fight who later had an acute cardiac event. Police watched multiple videos of the Jan. 31 boys basketball game. They determined that a verbal dispute between groups of fans for the Alburgh and Albans City School escalated into a fight on the court. Police said Friday they found “no evidence to support criminal charges related to the death” of 60-year-old Russell Giroux, who died more than two hours after the altercation at the Alburgh Community Education Center. The medical examiner determined last month that Giroux’s cause of death was an “acute cardiac event” following the altercation. The five, who range in age from 24 to 43, face arraignment on May 11.