Police: Long Island Soccer Coach Threatens Team Parent With Baseball Bat

A Long Island youth soccer coach employed as a principal at a school in Westchester was arrested on Friday for sending a threatening email to a soccer team parent last week, police said.

Robert Riccuiti, 45, of Glen Head, is charged with second degree aggravated harassment.

According to police, a 37-year-old man sent Riccuiti an email questioning his 6-year-old son’s playing time and the philosophy of the soccer program and Riccuiti answered the email with foul language and threatened physical violence with a baseball bat.

Riccuiti has two sons–ages 5 and 7–and has been the principal of the Vive School in Yonkers for the past 11 years, according to a 1010 WINS report.

He was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Saturday and was released on his own recognizance. A judge reportedly ordered Riccuiti to stay away from the team parent. Riccuiti is due back in court on June 23.

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