Carson Briere, son of Philadelphia Flyers Basic Supervisor and former NHL participant Daniel Briere, has been sentenced to fifteen months of probation following an incident involving the mistreatment of a disabled lady’s wheelchair, Go Erie reported.
In March, the unsettling incident took root in Sullivan’s Irish Pub when Carson Briere and one other ex-Mercyhurst athlete, Patrick Carrozzi, have been videotaped meddling with a double amputee’s wheelchair, finally shoving it down a flight of stairs. The video quickly made rounds on social media, sparking widespread outrage.
Carson, beforehand enrolled at Mercyhurst College and a member of the boys’s hockey group, confronted extreme backlash that translated into an “interim suspension” from the group, and his subsequent exit from the college’s hockey roster.
The wheelchair belonged to Sydney Benes, who tragically misplaced her legs in a automobile accident in 2021. The wheelchair was discovered broken on the backside of the steps whereas Benes was being assisted to the restroom.
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NEW: The son of the Philadelphia Flyers Basic Supervisor has obtained probation after pushing a disabled lady’s wheelchair down the steps at Sullivan’s Irish Pub again in March.
What an terrible particular person.
The disabled lady, Sydney Benes, misplaced her legs again in 2021 after she was in… pic.twitter.com/xfhc9E3LLs
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 21, 2023
Go Erie reported:
The accused, 24-year-old Carson S. Briere and 22-year-old Patrick Carrozzi, appeared earlier than Erie County Decide John J. Mead on Tuesday morning for hearings on their functions for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, a particular program for first-time, nonviolent offenders. This system permits offenders to get probation and have their fees dismissed and their information expunged in the event that they efficiently full it.
The Erie County District Lawyer’s Workplace authorized Briere’s and Carrozzi’s functions, and on Tuesday Mead signed off on them. Mead gave every 15 months on a second-degree misdemeanor depend of felony mischief.
Briere, a former Mercyhurst hockey participant, and Carrozzi, a former Mercyhurst lacrosse participant, every apologized to Benes as they stood earlier than Mead Tuesday morning.
Chief Deputy District Lawyer Jeremy Lightner instructed Mead in the beginning of Tuesday’s hearings that, whereas there are a lot of evil individuals on the earth, “these are not those type of kids.” He famous, nonetheless, that the neighborhood ought to anticipate higher from individuals who will likely be future leaders.
Briere’s lawyer, Chad Vilushis, instructed Mead that as quickly as he met Briere, his consumer needed to make Benes as complete as attainable and supplied funds that have been handed alongside to the District Lawyer’s Workplace to pay for the damages to Benes’ wheelchair.
