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NY Baseball coach arrested for stalking rival coach’s family

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    Coach faces 20 counts of aggravated harassment, 1 count of stalking

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It was two years ago on the Suffolk County youth baseball fields where the problem again.

One shortstop was recruited over and other shortstop and kotsay at that triggered vengeful retaliation.

By the father of the child who was snubbed.

Flash forward two years to this past Memorial Day weekend.

Those two short stops more now on opposing teams the game went to the final inning and after coach John -- in sun struck at the last batter.

Riordan says the battle between -- and burn those inventions.

Lived up to their names.

He obviously didn't like it had some say I think some back you know nothing crazy.

Couple words you know maybe some curse -- went back and forth reared in did not make anything of it until August 23.

I -- receiving text messages of pictures of myself -- my son in front of our house.

I was taken without us knowing that they -- being taken at first Riordan said he thought it was just different playing a prank until the threats got more intense.

Riordan said the -- warned to watch your back and said I'm coming -- you.

That's when -- -- knew it was not someone just trying to be funny.

He has a picture of me and my son at the bus stop -- you know and pick him up at the bus stop for yet.

That's -- -- -- -- please that's when you know to me that's when I went over the line cops say they discovered attacks were coming from a non traceable phone.

But were able to track where the phone was purchased.

Leading them to this man -- -- the -- out he was arrested but defended himself while in custody.

Well -- sure -- San flip those -- sane man Riordan said was upset that his son got caught it shortstop two years ago in San political insists it's Reardon who's really the one upset after his son was rejected from a travel team.

I've.

Traveled.

Check -- Reared in meanwhile tells us his son has never been rejected from any team ever.

Earlier today -- -- was arraigned in central Islip.

Reporting at Suffolk County Joseph Waldman Fox 5 News.

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