Wellington Youth Flag Football Coach Arrested on a Felony Strangulation Charge After a Postgame Brawl, Sheriff's Report Says
Brandon Mayer, 37, a Wellington youth flag football coach, was arrested Oct. 28 on a felony battery-by-strangulation charge stemming from an Oct. 20 postgame altercation at Greenview Shores Park, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report. He was released the next afternoon on $75,000 bond.
A Wellington youth flag football coach has been arrested after a postgame altercation at Greenview Shores Park on Oct. 20, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report summarized in published reporting this week. Brandon Mayer, 37, faces a felony charge of battery by strangulation. Deputies arrested Mayer at his Lake Worth-area home on Oct. 28, eight days after the incident, and he was released the following afternoon on $75,000 bond.
According to the arrest report and court documents viewed by the Palm Beach Post, the confrontation began during the traditional postgame handshake after Mayer's team won 6-0, when a fight broke out between players. Witnesses told deputies a 16-year-old player pulled an opposing 15-year-old player to the ground by her hair, and Mayer then allegedly placed the opposing player in a chokehold for roughly 15 seconds, a move the head referee described to deputies as a "choking mechanism," according to the published summaries. The 16-year-old, who is Mayer's daughter, was also arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge, CBS12 reported. This story does not name either minor.
Mayer and his daughter gave deputies a different account on Oct. 28, saying the opposing player got in the daughter's face and that Mayer stepped in to separate the two, according to the published summaries of the report. Deputies concluded there was probable cause for the felony charge. It is not clear from the published reporting whether Mayer has been removed as a coach, and the charge is an allegation that will be decided in court.
