Mercyhurst University announced on Monday that it has removed Carson Briere, son of Philadelphia Flyers GM Daniel Briere, from the men’s hockey team.
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Back on March 20, Briere was charged with three misdemeanours after a video posted on social media showed the 23-year-old and another student-athlete pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a set of stairs.
Patrick Carrozzi, listed as a senior member of the school’s lacrosse team, faces the same three charges, according to documents filed with Pennsylvania District Judge Sue Mack.
Both men are set to appear in court on May 22.
Briere and Carrozzi are seen on a surveillance video at the top of a staircase of a local bar, where they push the wheelchair down the steps on March 11. 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, identified as Sydney Benes, filed a complaint saying the fall down the stairs damaged the left brake handle, broke the right arm rest’s plastic molding, bent a rear handle and caused the wheels to drag when moving forward. Benes said the wheelchair was purchased a year ago, costing $2,000.
