A Pleasantville High School football coach and his brother are in jail after allegedly brandishing a gun during a confrontation outside the former head coach's home.
Police were called to the 200 block of Linden Avenue just before 3 p.m. Tuesday for an altercation between three men, Capt. Matt Hartman said.
Detectives Pablo Solorzano and Haliema Leach arrived to see the men fighting in the middle of the block. Marcus Bridgers was holding a handgun with his younger brother, Marquel, standing next to him as officers approached, Hartman said.
When he saw police, Marcus Bridgers dropped the gun, which was a Glock handgun containing a 15-round magazine loaded with hollow-point rounds with a round in the chamber, according to the charges.
Both men were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit unlawful possession of a weapon, large-capacity ammunition magazine, possession of hollow-point bullets, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a weapon, second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree aggravated assault (terrorize) and simple assault.
Hartman credited the detectives for bringing a potentially dangerous situation swiftly under control without incident.
The third man was not identified in the news release from Pleasantville police, but BreakingAC has confirmed it was former Pleasantville High School football coach Javier Garcia. He was not charged.
Marcus Bridgers, 28, is the offensive line coach for the Greyhounds Football Team.
It's the latest in a string of incidents involving Garcia, who recently lost his job after the state monitor overturned the board's split decision not to fire him.
Superintendent Dr. Natakie Chestnut-Lee pushed for the termination.
She and Garcia both have filed criminal complaints against one another
Chestnut-Lee claimed Garcia harassed her by trying to have a meeting with her when she was not available, according to the report obtained by BreakingAC.
Garcia claims the superintendent has made sexual advances and used her position to force him to make flyers for an event that protested the state monitor and even had him bring players to the protest to boost attendance at the event.
He has signed harassment complaints against her, the school's grant writer Roderick Knox and board member Rick Norris, who Garcia claims the superintendent sent to his home in July to force him to resolve issues with his employment or he would be terminated.
Chestnut-Lee was in meetings Thursday, and could not be reached for comment.
