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Soccer referee arrested in traffic incident
METHUEN — A soccer referee on his way to officiate a game at the Tenney School field was arrested after he refused to stop for a police officer and yelled obscenities Wednesday afternoon, police said.
School Resource Officer Michael Farelli was assisting the crossing guard with the lower school dismissal on Pleasant Street about 3:15 p.m. when an SUV driven by a man later identified as Joel Silverman, 55, of Nashua, N.H. pulled next to him and yelled out the window "who the (expletive's) car is this and why is it parked there?" ...
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The referee in question is currently banned for life by USSF and MYSA.
ReplyDeleteWell there you go. Referees can be "sent off" for unsavory conduct as well.
ReplyDeleteFrom the flood of reports coming in (Eagle Tribune included), if all are true, it would appear this was not unexpected result.