"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. Among them was league president Christopher Mahurin, a lieutenant with the Santa Rosa Police Department, who said Belfiore directed numerous slurs at him before being asked to leave."
"The bowling league, founded in 2014, has about 130 members. Roughly half were present when the confrontation unfolded. 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."
Vincent Charles Belfiore, 64, confronted members of the Sonoma County Pride Bowling League at Double Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park just before 9:30 p.m., directing numerous homophobic slurs. League president Christopher Mahurin and several bowlers asked Belfiore to leave; several guided him toward the exit when he allegedly punched one member in the chest, causing a minor injury. The incident lasted about five minutes before Belfiore drove away and officers arrested him shortly afterward. Belfiore is listed in California's Megan's Law as a Cloverdale resident convicted of sexual battery in 1983, with additional Sonoma County cases dating back to 1992. California law defines a hate crime as an act motivated at least in part by bias against a protected characteristic, including sexual orientation, and prosecutors may allege a hate-crime enhancement.
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