Soccer Coach Arrested for Assaulting Ref

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. - A Spotsylvania youth soccer coach, Jason Adkins, 34, was arrested for yelling at and assaulting two referees.

According to witnesses, Adkins’ team, made up of mostly 10-year-olds, had suffered a penalty whereby the opposing team was being allowed a penalty kick. Adkins became enraged and went onto the field yelling at one of the referees. Adkins approached the referee, who is 16 years old, and began bumping the referee’s chest, then grabbed the front of the referee’s shirt, balled it up in a fist under his chin. The referee at this time ejected Adkins from the game.

Adkins then went to the second referee, who is 20 years old. Adkins reached out and grabbed a pair of sunglasses off the referee’s head and broke them.

Adkins began shoving and at one point grabbing the referee around the neck. Several witnesses ran onto the field and stopped the altercation.

Neither of the referees’ required medical assistance.

There were over 50 witnesses to this incident.

Adkins was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery and Destruction of Property. He was incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on a dual $1000.00 secured bond