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Mississippi deputy charged in death of basketball coach

A sheriff’s deputy refereeing a seventh grade basketball game was charged with murder in the death of a 25-year-old coach of one of the teams.

The two argued over play calls on the court and later the coach was attacked in the parking lot outside, police said.  The coach died from blunt-force trauma to the head from injuries in the fight.

“We believe this was an unprovoked act of aggression as a result of our investigation.”  Assistant Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance told The Associated Press.  “That’s why we charged him with the murder.”

The deputy was jailed after being denied bond.  A second unnamed deputy in uniform, working as a security guard at the gym – is being investigated.

“He was assaulted and killed by the guys who were supposed to be protecting him,” the father of the coach told reporters. 


Former Pennsylvania youth football coach charged with raping cheerleader

A former Pennsylvania youth football coach and president of a youth football league was accused of repeatedly raping a young cheerleader over the course of two years, when the girl was between the ages of 11 and 13.

The youngster kept silent about the abuse until she was 17 because she feared for her life, according to reports in the Bucks County Courier Times.

The abuse began after the man hired the youngster to babysit his two children.  During that time the girl was a cheerleader while the man served as a coach.  The youngster’s mother and the man’s wife were also friends.

Police recorded a phone call during which the girl confronted the man about the attacks.  According to court documents, he confessed that he had raped her and apologized for his behavior.  Another call between the two was recorded a couple days later.

Local authorities are looking into whether other your children in the community might have been targeted by this individual.

Jailed golf instructor faces additional charges of plotting to kill boys who accused him of abuse

A prominent California golf instructor currently in jail for child sex abuse charges is facing new charges of plotting to kill the boys who accused him of the abuse.

The man arrested in December, accused of sexually abusing three boys in his junior golf program.

Court documents filed by the Alameda County District Attorney’s office detailed a plot reporting that the accused tried to hire a hit man from inside his jail cell.

Prosecutors added three new counts for solicitation of murder.  The man was already facing 75 felony counts and those charges included oral copulation with a minor molestation, child pornography and lewd acts on three unnamed boys who were between 12 and 17-year-old.

According to the investigator’s reports, a deputy at the jail said an informant showed him letters from the man which asked to have the victims taken care of.  The report says the confidential informant received more letters from the man agreeing on a price for each victim.

According to KTVU-TV, in March investigators searched the man’s cell and found letters discussing the murder-for-hire plan.  There was also a letter with directions to one victims’ house. 

Man taken to hospital after being head-butted at youth soccer match

A man was taken to hospital after allegedly being head-butted in the face at a youth soccer match in England.

Police were called to a field in Ferndown where a disagreement broke out between three men near the end of an under-13 match.

Witnesses said a member of one team’s coaching staff was head-butted by his counterpart from the opposing team.

Police said one man was taken to the hospital with minor head injuries following the alleged assault.

Following the dispute the referee stopped the game.

Alan Paull, chairman of Bournemouth Youth Football League (BYFL), said the incident will be investigated by Hampshire Football Association and Dorset Football Association.

“It’s something that no one wants to happen but unfortunately in this day and age it does happen,” Paull told the Bournemouth Echo.  “It’s up to the country associations to come up with a solution.  They will carry out an investigation together and will make a decision as to whether any disciplinary action needs to be taken.” 

Hockey parents get 3-year ban for dressing-room brawl

A Winnipeg mother and father have been banned from watching their 8-year-old son play hockey for three years after they got into a fistfight with the opposing team’s coaches during a kids tournament in Fargo, N.D., earlier this year.

The parents are appealing the three-year ban, the stiffest penalty ever handed out by Hockey Winnipeg, the city’s minor hockey governing body.

“Certainly new for Winnipeg, but based on the circumstances and the information that we’ve gleaned through the investigation.  I felt that we need to take a strong stance on the issue,” Hockey Winnipeg president Don McIntosh told CBS News.

According to reports parents of a player on one team got upset and stormed into the dressing room of the opposing team following a game between the two teams.

The mother was allegedly yelling and as the coaches tried to escort her from the locker room the woman’s husband went after them and punches were allegedly thrown in front of the 8-year-old players.

McIntosh said some of the young players are still having nightmares about the incident.

“The issue of invading the space of that team, the age of the children, the language and the physical encounter is way, way beyond anything I’ve experienced,” he said.

He said the parents are not allowed at Hockey Winnipeg games for the next three seasons as part of the suspension.

The couple plans to appeal the decision to Hockey Manitoba. 

Youth hockey referee facing charges after physically escorting youngster off the ice

A youth hockey referee in Connecticut faces a breach-of-peace charge after he ejected a player from a game and personally escorted him off the ice, angering many parents and players.

Police were called to the rink by onlookers worried the game for 13- and 14-year-olds was getting out of control.

Police say the 55-year-old referee called a match penalty and ejected the boy from the game and then went near the team’s bench to physically escort the player off the ice.

Authorities say teammates and parents took offense to the physical contact and tried to confront the referee.

He also faces a charge of risking injury to a minor. 

Youth hockey player breaks wrist in scuffle

A fight during a youth hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, grew out of control after a referee body-slammed a player to the ice.

Peewee hockey teams were playing in a local tournament when a fight broke out in the final minutes.  As the referees pulled the kids apart, a player skated in front of the opposing team’s bench and taunted the players, according to news reports.

As officials tried to break up the throng of players in front of the bench, one 12-year-old player appeared to slash an opposing player and the two began throwing punches.

Video of the incident shows a referee stepping in, and he appears to grab the player from behind, taking him down to the ice, with parents of the players yelling in the background.

One youngster suffered a broken wrist in the scuffle.

The youngster’s coach told reporters:  “He should have easily been able to separate the two of them.  Instead of separating them properly, he grabbed my player with both hands and threw him on the ice.  That ref should have never put two hands on one player.  He should have put one hand on one player, on hand on the other player and separated them properly.”

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