Santa Clarita football coach sentenced to anger management
A flag football coach in Santa Clarita, California, has been charged with battery of another sports official – a 17-year-old referee – and sentenced to, among other things, anger management classes.
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, a local news outlet, reports that on April 20, two local teams of predominantly 12-year-olds were playing a game of flag football in West Creek Park, near the Rio Norte Junior High School. The coach of one of the teams, 34-year-old Aherjon Palmer, complained about a call made by the game’s teenage referee. Palmer was so angry with the 17-year-old ref’s ruling that he stormed onto the field and physically assaulted the teen.
Upon learning of the incident, the Royal Sports league – the teams’ governing body – fired Palmer due to the subsequent misdemeanor battery charge. According to the source, under state law, “battery is committed against a sports official immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate or any other organized amateur of professional athletic contest in which the sports official is participating and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of his or her duties.”
For his offense, Palmer was sentenced on Thursday, August 8, to serve 10 days in Los Angeles County jail. He will also have to attend 52 weeks of court ordered anger management, complete 20 days of community service and pay a $550 fine. Palmer is also banned from coaching activities for two years.
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