NEW YORK _ Ex-Mets second baseman and Long Island Ducks manager Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning after a domestic dispute with a woman at her home in Riverhead, law enforcement officials said.
Riverhead police responded to a report of a domestic dispute at 7:42 a.m. at a home in the town, according to Chief David Hegermiller.
Backman, of Deer Park, reportedly pushed the woman against a wall, grabbed and twisted her left hand, and took her cellphone, preventing her from calling 911, according to charging documents. The woman told authorities that her left hand was in pain and she suffered a cut that required medical attention, according to the complaint.
