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The frustration and anger is apparent after video surfaced online of a grown up shoving two teen refs to the ice during a youth hockey game.
SEATTLE – A Seattle parent who shoved two teenage referees during a youth hockey game in February has pleaded not guilty to charges of misdemeanor assault.
According to court records, 42-year-old Uriel Isaac Cortes Gonzalez appeared at an arraignment on Tuesday, where he entered not-guilty pleas for two counts of fourth-degree assault. He was ordered by a judge not to return to the Kraken Community Iceplex.
The backstory:
Cortes Gonzalez is accused of shoving two youth refs to the ground during a game at the Iceplex.
A police report says he entered the rink after his son became involved in a scuffle with another player. Cortes Gonzalez told police he intervened to protect his son, but surveillance video and witness accounts suggest he went and shoved the refs well after the fight had been stopped.
Cortes Gonzalez left the Iceplex with his wife and son, and was later pulled over by police.
(Pacific Northwest Amateur Hockey Association)
What’s next:
The incident led to two bills being introduced to the Washington Legislature aiming to protect youth referees at events.
Gonzalez is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on May 1.
The Source: Information in this story comes from records from Seattle Municipal Court, as well as previous reporting from FOX 13 Seattle.
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