Youth Soccer Coach Arrested for Threatening Email to Parent

A Long Island, New York, youth soccer coach was arrested after sending a profanity-laced email to a parent who was concerned about his 6-year-old son's playing time, police said.

Robert Ricciuti, 45, of Glen Head, was arraigned Saturday on a charge of second-degree aggravated harassment for allegedly sending the email, which invited the boy's father to meet with him and his baseball bat.

"However, don't be surprised when I bounce your head off the floor with a Louisville Slugger," the email reads, according to a police citation. "And by the way, I am not simply spitting words out. I would actually prefer to settle this in person. You're a pathetic excuse for a man."

The citation states that Ricciuti admitted to investigators that he sent the emails.

"I lost my head," he told a detective. "I overreacted. I totally went overboard with my emails."

Ricciuti is also a principal at a school in Yonkers.

It was unclear whether Ricciuti had retained an attorney who could comment on the charge.

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