Public Safety
Police: Frustrated Man Swats Kid with Tennis Racket, Charged with Felony
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A 43-year-old Darien resident, who appears to be the father of a boy, was playing tennis with him at the high school when, frustrated, he hit him on the butt with a tennis racket, leaving a welt.
That resulted in the man being charged with a felony. Darien police described the incident and arrest with this account (including accusations not proven in court; Darienite.com is not publishing the man’s name):
Police were called to the tennis courts at Darien High School at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12 by a person, apparently not the boy, who told police of having witnessed the incident. At the courts, police found the man and the boy, who appeared to be upset and may have been crying. The man said he went to the courts with the boy at about 4:30 p.m. to play.