A man from the state of Washington faces assault charges after he was accused of pushing two teenage referees during his son’s hockey game, who was captured in video by security cameras.
Uriel Isaac Cortes González, 42, faces two positions of assault of minor crime after the police say that he attacked two referees, both children under 15, in an incident “not caused” during a youth hockey game on Sunday .
According to judicial records, the officials of the Seattle Police Department received reports from a “furious father” assaulting two adolescent references in the Kraken Community Iceplex Sunday just before noon.
The score during a game in Kraken Community Iceplex in Seattle. (IMAGN)
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The person who called told a dispatcher that the man had gone before the game ended, but was later located by the police in a traffic light near the complex.
González told the Police that he witnessed that his son was assaulted by another player of the opposite team during the game, according to the arrest records. He claimed that his son was “beaten and kicked for about thirty seconds, and the referees did nothing to stop the assault.”
He said he walked to the ice to break the fight and that he pushed a referee to reach his son. He also said he did not know that the game officials were minor.
González told the Police that he was acting in defense of his son, who, according to him, was being attacked by an opposite player during the game. (Istock)
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Police reviewed the incident, which was captured by the security cameras of the complex, and discovered that the version of the González incident was not backed by video evidence.
According to the arrest report, there was no fight at the time of the alleged assault. The referees, 13 and 14, told the police that they had already broken a fight and had gone to the box where the officials were sitting to document it. At that time, video images show González approaching them from behind and pushing them to the ground.
“There was no fight at that time, and the game was arrested,” said the records of the records, and added that “the assault seemed not to be caused.”
Police said video images showed that the attack was “not caused.” (Istock)
The two victims did not seem to have serious injuries and were treated on the site. Police arrested González, and was accused on Tuesday of two positions of Aggression of the minor crime.
The Kraken issued a statement in response to the incident saying that González has been expelled from the track.
“The Community of Seattle Kraken and Kraken Iceplex strive to foster an environment of ESO, community, where everyone can share their love for hockey. The Kraken code published on Kci’s walls reminds us of that and our values, every day. It is absolutely any place in the hockey, or any sport, for the behavior that occurred on Sunday.
“The Northwest Pacific Hockey Association and the United States hockey are leading an investigation with the authorities, and we have been helping them since the incident occurred. The person in question has been expelled from our facilities.”
