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Kenny Bogner arrested, 1983

Philadelphia Daily News 9 Sep 1983 Lightweight boxer Kenny Bogner has been arrested and charged with one count of burglary for an incident last July in Seaside Heights , N.J., police said. Bogner, of Trenton, was arrested at his home Wednesday, police said, on a fugitive warrant from Seaside Heights , and was released on his own recognizance after being charged. Bogner, 22, ranked fifth by the World Boxing Council and 10th by the World Boxing Association, is scheduled to fight Livingston Bramble in Totowa, N.J., on Sept 24. The winner of that bout is to face World Boxing Association champion Ray Mancini. The boxer was charged in conection with a break-in at a home in Seaside Heights on July 24th. Police chief William Polhemus declined to release details of the burglary, saying it "may jeopardize Bogner's rights." Bogner (18-1-1) was to fight Mancini for the WBA title in South Africa earlier this year before Mancini was forced to pull out with a fractured collarbone.