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Danny Briere’s Son Got Probation for Pushing Wheelchair Down Stairs
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This came out a few days ago, but just saw it pop on the timeline. Tim Hahn at the Erie Times-News reports that Carson Briere got 15 months of probation for pushing a disabled woman’s wheelchair down a flight of stairs:
The accused, 24-year-old Carson S. Briere and 22-year-old Patrick Carrozzi, appeared before Erie County Judge John J. Mead on Tuesday morning for hearings on their applications for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, a special program for first-time, nonviolent offenders. The program allows offenders to get probation and have their charges dismissed and their records expunged if they successfully complete it.
The Erie County District Attorney’s Office approved Briere’s and Carrozzi’s applications, and on Tuesday Mead signed off on them. Mead gave each 15 months on a second-degree misdemeanor count of criminal mischief.
Briere, a former Mercyhurst hockey player, and Carrozzi, a former Mercyhurst lacrosse player, each apologized to (Sydney) Benes as they stood before Mead Tuesday morning.
Seems like fair punishment for dickhead behavior. What were they gonna do, send them to jail? Briere was kicked off the team and paid for the damages to the wheelchair. The story says he went to counseling and volunteered with a hockey club for disabled veterans. There was an apology in court and now they get probation via ARD, which is pretty standard Pennsylvania procedure. A lot of people in the Commonwealth get ARD for various first-time transgressions, like DUI, and their dads aren’t the GM of the Philadelphia Flyers. Carson Briere is now playing in Europe, so yeah, life comes at you fast.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com