"A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime after shouting homophobic slurs at members of the Sonoma County Pride Bowling League during their weekly league night in Rohnert Park. Vincent Charles Belfiore, 64, was taken into custody outside Double Decker Lanes on Golf Course Drive, according to Lt. Andrew Smith of the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety. Police said Belfiore confronted league members just before 9:30 p.m."
"Several stepped in to guide Belfiore toward the exit, where he allegedly punched one member in the chest, causing a minor injury, Mahurin said. The incident lasted about five minutes before Belfiore drove away. Belfiore told officers he had been at the bowling alley to visit someone who was bowling, Smith said. Belfiore was arrested shortly afterward. He was not listed in jail records as of Wednesday afternoon, and the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office had not yet filed charges. According to California's Megan's Law database of registered sex offenders, Belfiore is a Cloverdale resident convicted of sexual battery in 1983."
A 64-year-old registered sex offender, Vincent Charles Belfiore, was arrested outside Double Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park after confronting members of the Sonoma County Pride Bowling League and shouting homophobic slurs. League president Christopher Mahurin, a Santa Rosa Police lieutenant, asked Belfiore to leave, and several bowlers escorted him toward the exit. Belfiore allegedly punched one member in the chest, causing a minor injury, then drove away. Officers located and arrested Belfiore shortly afterward; he was not listed in jail records and no charges had been filed by the district attorney as of Wednesday. Megan's Law shows a 1983 sexual battery conviction and court records list additional prior cases. California law allows an added one to three years if a hate-crime enhancement is proven.
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