A person from Washington state is going through assault expenses after he was accused of shoving two teenage referees throughout his son’s hockey recreation, which was captured on video by safety cameras.
Uriel Isaac Cortes Gonzalez, 42, is going through two counts of misdemeanor assault after police say he attacked two referees, each below the age of 15, in an “unprovoked” incident throughout a youth hockey recreation Sunday.
In accordance with court docket information, officers with the Seattle Police Division obtained experiences of an “irate dad or mum” assaulting two teenage refs on the Kraken Group Iceplex Sunday simply earlier than midday.
The scoreboard throughout a recreation at Kraken Group Iceplex in Seattle. (Imagn)
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The caller advised a dispatcher the person had left earlier than the sport ended, however he was later situated by police at a site visitors mild close to the complicated.
Gonzalez advised police he witnessed his son being assaulted by one other participant from the opposing crew throughout the recreation, in keeping with arrest information. He alleged his son was “punched and kicked for about thirty seconds, and the referees did nothing to cease the assault.”
He claimed he walked to the ice to interrupt up the combat and that he shoved one referee to get to his son. He additionally claimed he was unaware the sport officers had been minors.
Gonzalez advised police he was appearing in protection of his son, who he claimed was being attacked by an opposing participant throughout the recreation. (iStock)
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Police reviewed the incident, which was captured by the complicated’s safety cameras, and located that Gonzalez’s model of the incident was not supported by video proof.
In accordance with the arrest report, there was no combat occurring on the time of the alleged assault. The referees, 13 and 14, advised police that they had already damaged up a combat and had gone over to the field had been officers had been sitting to doc it. At the moment, video footage exhibits Gonzalez approaching them each from behind and shoveing them to the bottom.
“There was no combat on the time, and the sport was stopped,” police information said, including “the assault gave the impression to be unprovoked.”
Police stated video footage proved the assault was “unprovoked.” (iStock)
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The 2 victims didn’t seem to have severe accidents and had been handled on web site. Police arrested Gonzalez, and he was charged Tuesday with two counts of misdemeanor assault.
The Kraken launched an announcement in response to the incident saying Gonzalez has been banned from the rink.
“The Seattle Kraken and Kraken Group Iceplex try to foster an surroundings of simply that — neighborhood — the place everybody can share their love of hockey. The Kraken code posted on the partitions at KCI reminds us of that, and our values, on daily basis. There’s completely no place in hockey, or any sport, for the conduct that occurred on Sunday.
“The Pacific Northwest Beginner Hockey Affiliation and USA Hockey are main an investigation with the authorities, and we’ve got been helping them for the reason that incident occurred. The individual in query has been banned from our facility.”
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