Christopher Polk was arrested Tuesday round 8:30 a.m.
Norwalk Police Division
An arrest has been made within the violent assault of a youth soccer coach that left him unconscious after he was bashed on the pinnacle with a helmet, based on Norwalk police and a information report.
Christopher Polk, 32, was taken into custody Tuesday after a number of witnesses pointed the finger at him for allegedly assaulting one other man throughout an eighth grade soccer recreation between Norwalk and Fairfield, police stated.
“Based on witnesses, Polk used a soccer helmet to strike the sufferer within the head, and was final seen strolling away from the realm,” Norwalk police stated in a press release.
Paramedics introduced the sufferer to a close-by hospital the place he was handled for his “severe accidents,” authorities stated. He was launched from Norwalk Hospital and is recovering at dwelling, police stated.
It’s unclear what led as much as the assault on Sunday round 1 p.m. at Brien McMahon Excessive College through the youth sporting occasion.
A Fairfield coach advised the Norwalk Hour the incident involving the dad or mum and coach occurred after the sport whereas gamers and coaches held a post-game assembly. Because the groups had been heading off, the unnamed Fairfield coach advised the newspaper a crowd gathered across the Norwalk coach who was on the bottom.
“There was yelling and screaming,” he reportedly stated, including “It was only a ‘holy smokes’ second.”
Polk was not discovered on the scene and was subsequently given different alternatives to flip himself into police, authorities stated.
Makes an attempt to contact him additionally went unanswered, the police division stated. He was lastly arrested Tuesday round 8:30 a.m. round the place he lived, “regardless of efforts to hide himself,” police stated.
He was charged with second-degree assault, threat of harm to a minor and breach of the peace within the second diploma.
His bail was set at $75,000.
The Norwalk Junior Soccer and Cheer League Commissioner Jeff Fatone stated in a message to households the assault was an “remoted incident that occurred between a dad or mum who made a really dangerous determination and a coach,” based on the Hour.
Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling ripped the ugly incident in a press release to The Submit Monday.
“Our ideas are with the native youth soccer coach, who's recovering from Sunday’s fully unacceptable act of violence,” Rilling stated. “Coaches from the Norwalk Junior Soccer League graciously volunteer their time, and I'm disgusted that this mindless act of violence occurred in our group.”
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