Carson Brière, the son of Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Brière, will enter a Pennsylvania program for first-time offenders after being charged for pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a staircase.
Police in Erie, Pa., filed charges of criminal mischief, criminal conspiracy to commit mischief and disorderly conduct against the son of the retired Gatineau, Que., NHL star in March 2023.
Earlier that month, Carson Brière was seen on a surveillance video at the top of a staircase of a local bar, alongside another Mercyhurst University athlete, pushing the wheelchair down the steps.
He was dismissed from his team the following month.
Sounds like another little hockey prick. There won’t be any long term consequences to it overall, as a society we put these goons and their families on such a pedestal. I’m glad I’m away from the hockey world, like I miss it sometimes, but I don’t miss the outright horseshit that you have to tolerate, and some of the gross people you have to subject yourself to. All to just fire around a piece of rubber on a frozen sheet of water.
Hockey Canada hasn’t even done anything about the 2018 World Juniors sexual assault scandal yet ffs.
It’s all just part of the game. :/
It makes one wonder, doesn’t it?
I know very little about this situation, but 15 months of rehab and dismissal from a team for pushing an empty wheelchair down stairs? That seems pretty intense to me…
There’s a story behind it … Source
This trail of consequences for Briere began on March 11, when he was caught on surveillance camera walking up to the entryway of a dance floor at Sullivan’s Pub in Erie with three other people before sitting down in an empty wheelchair. The footage shows Briere trying to maneuver around before he gets up and shoves the chair down the stairs. The wheelchair flips over and the seat cushion comes off during the descent.
Police say their actions posed a potential danger to anyone coming up the stairs, while also creating a hazardous condition by blocking the staircase.
The wheelchair’s owner, Sydney Benes, 22, filed a complaint after the incident, listing all the ways her chair had been damaged. Benes is a double amputee who lost her foot and leg in a fire after her car crashed in 2021. To be mobile, she said, she needs the chair while she learns to use her prosthetics.
Benes wrote in the complaint that the chair’s fall down the stairs damaged the left brake handle, broke the right armrest’s plastic moulding, bent a rear handle and caused the wheels to drag when moving forward. She added that the wheelchair was purchased a year ago for US$2,000.
Benes’ chair was left alone in the stairwell that night because she was using the restroom at the bottom of the stairs. Sullivan’s Pub was built before accessible design requirements were enacted, so her friend would "personally physically carry her down the stairs any time she has to use the restroom.”
Carson Briere previously was dismissed from Arizona State’s hockey club in 2019 for what the school called a violation of team rules, the Associated Press reported.
Ahh, for whatever reason I had assumed it was one of those wheelchairs you see in hospitals and the like that are fold-up and kinda just sit in the corner. Hadn’t thought it was actually somebody’s chair. Much more understandable now, especially considering it ruined the chair. Thank you for context!
All good. :)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Earlier that month, Carson Brière was seen on a surveillance video at the top of a staircase of a local bar, alongside another Mercyhurst University athlete, pushing the wheelchair down the steps.
According to court officials in Erie County, Brière’s defence team and the district attorney made a successful recommendation on Dec. 19, 2023 that he enter the state’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program for 15 months.
“The program is designed to recognize those offenders who are amenable to treatment and rehabilitation and effectively remove their cases from the criminal justice system, thereby freeing resources better used elsewhere,” according to another county in that state.
It’s generally for first-time offenders, it explains, and those who successfully complete the program can potentially get their record expunged.
“I’ve got to know Carson fairly well … and I absolutely feel this was an appropriate resolution,” he said, adding his client had already done some counselling and community service.
His father, Daniel, earned 696 points over 973 NHL games, retiring as a player in 2015 and turning to a management career.
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