A Long Island man was arrested after video showed him attacking a 15-year-old at a skate park over a baseball.
Andrew Chiaro, 36, was arrested for the attack on May 25 and charged with misdemeanor assault and endangering the teen’s welfare. Trent Rounsvall, 15, told investigators the confrontation began as he and his friends were practicing tricks on their bikes at Greenlawn State Park which is adjacent to the baseball field.
“A ball got hit into the park, almost hit me in the head, landed pretty much right in front of me, so I picked it up, put it in my pocket,” noted Rounsvall. He said men from the baseball field immediately came over and began cursing at him.
Video shows Chiaro go into Rounsvall's pocket to retrieve the ball before slamming him against the chain-linked fence. “I was just thinking, no way this is actually happening right now, that someone who I can tell is a lot older than me was putting his hands on me,” said Rounsvall.
Source: New York Post
