A local golf instructor has been ordered into anger management after a brawl earlier this year with his teenage son.
Continental Country Club golf pro Stephen Michael Wresh, 54, had been arrested on a charge of battery on Feb. 19 at his home on Willow Circle in Fruitland Park.
He came home that day and was enraged that his 17-year-old son had not completed his chore of loading the dishwasher, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Wresh began yelling at his son and grew angrier when the teen walked away, headed toward his bedroom and locked the door. The teen then noticed that the cable wiring that connects his laptop to the internet was being pulled from the wall. Wresh then forced the bedroom door open and took the laptop.
The teen tried to go to his mother, but Wresh stood in his path and put him in a headlock, the report indicated. The teen bit Wresh’s hand and was able to break free. He ran back to his bedroom, but Wresh followed him, pushed open the door and pushed his son on the chest, knocking him onto the bed. He grabbed the teen’s right hand and put him in a wristlock.
Wresh’s wife then called 911.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they spoke to Wresh in the driveway. The report noted that the odor of alcohol was detected on Wresh’s breath. He admitted that he had “chest bumped” and “body checked” his son.
Last month in Lake County Court, Wresh’s attorney, Nicholas Stack, bargained a deal in which his client will escape prosecution if he completes eight hours of anger management training. He must also attend a parenting class as well as seek an alcohol evaluation and follow any recommended treatment.
