A Connecticut women's basketball coach was caught on video punching a man with whom she had just gotten into an argument after a game, police said. The alleged hostilities erupted when both teams shook hands immediately after the contest.
moreover, Reported by the Stanford Advocate The coach is a convicted felon and reportedly resigned from his coaching position in the wake of the incident.
The video shows the car appear to accelerate and hit the man, who is then thrown onto the hood of the car and falls to the ground.
According to the Connecticut State Police, officers were dispatched to an incident at Horace Porter School in Columbia at 11:23 a.m. Saturday.
Witnesses and the alleged victim told police that a visiting girls' boys basketball coach intentionally rammed someone with his car after an argument stemming from a game between third- and fourth-grade girls, according to reports. I reported it to.
Columbia's first selection player Stephen Everett told Stanford lawyer The altercation reportedly occurred as a result of a misunderstanding between the opposing players during a handshake after the match.
“It's a little puzzling,” Everett added. “I think there are many things I'm at fault for.”
State police lift surveillance video It shows a man running toward a white sedan in a school parking lot. The car accelerated to get away from the man.
Surveillance video shows a man walking onto the exit road, apparently to block the vehicle. A man stands in the middle of the road as a sedan drives towards him.
The video shows the car hitting the man, throwing him onto the hood of the car and rolling to the ground.
A child was seen running up to the man as the woman chased after the white sedan.
The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Connecticut State Police.
The driver reportedly called police after the incident and said he had stopped at a nearby business to wait to speak with law enforcement.
Police identified the driver as 29-year-old Brian Baez Rivera.
Police said in one document: statement“Baez-Rivera reported that as he was exiting the parking lot, this person began following him on foot. Baez-Rivera reported that this person walked in front of him and avoided a collision. He reported that he was unable to do so.
Baez-Rivera told investigators that he left the scene because “multiple people then began following his vehicle and feared for the safety of himself and his passengers, including his minor children.” He said he left.
Baez-Rivera also told police that she was coaching a girls' basketball game and that she “got into an argument” with someone after a recreational youth league game.
WTNH-TV The alleged victim is the parent of one of the players at the basketball game, the report said.
Police obtained surveillance video from the school and determined that “the victim did move toward Baez-Rivera, but Baez-Rivera did not appear to attempt to avoid striking the victim.”
Baez Rivera was arrested. He was charged with two counts of risk of minor bodily injury, second-degree breach of peace, second-degree assault, and second-degree reckless endangerment.
Baez-Rivera was later released on $5,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in Rockville Superior Court on January 23. The Department of Children and Families is investigating the incident.
What else?
The Advocate, citing officials, reported that the coach in question had resigned from his coaching position, and the paper cited state judicial records, saying Baez-Rivera was a felon and “didn't know how he got the volunteer job.'' There are questions that arise.”
More from the Advocate:
Before Saturday, Baez-Rivera's most recent arrest was on Dec. 30, when Willimantic police charged him with breach of peace. On Oct. 6, he was charged in Willimantic with breach of peace and third-degree assault in connection with the Sept. 22 incident. Records show Baez-Rivera has not entered a plea to these charges, which are misdemeanors.
Baez-Rivera has five convictions in state Superior Court in Danielson, according to electronic records of convictions dating back just 10 years.
The newspaper reported that neither the Windham mayor nor the director of Windham Parks and Recreation could be reached Tuesday to confirm whether a background check had been conducted on the coach.
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