Soccer mom charged with chair attack

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A New York State soccer mom, upset at her daughter's coach for giving poor directions, allegedly attacked him with a folding lawn chair.

Alicia Vigil of East Rockaway picked up the chair when the coach walked away from her as she yelled at him Sunday, Nassau County Police said. She was angry about the e-mailed directions to Sewanhaka High School, where the Lynbrook-East Rockaway girls were playing, Newsday reported.

Vigil was arrested at her home on Monday night and given a citation ordering her to appear in court on a charge of reckless endangerment. The coach came out of the encounter with cuts on his lip and cheek, police said.

The Lynbrook-East Rockaway Soccer Club has teams for girls in grade school and junior high.