CORAL SPRINGS, Florida. – A local basketball coach was arrested after a big fight at a basketball game.
Coral Springs police responded to the Coral Springs gymnasium last week after receiving a call about a fight.
The caller said basketball coaches, parents and players got into a fight during a game at the Back 2 School Jamfest.
The victim told officers that he was coaching in the game when the opposing coach named Dantes Peterlantz rushed at him and tried to hit him.
The victim said he dodged the punch, but Peterlantz, 40, then pushed him to the ground.
The victim said he thought he tore his hamstrings in the fall.
A witness told officers he also saw Peterlantz pressing his fingers into the coach’s eyes as Peterlantz was on top of the coach.
Peterlantz was charged with assault and committed to Broward County Jail.
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