Jeffery E. Alvord went to jail on what was supposed to be his wedding night, after allegedly attacking a man who was interfering with his pre-wedding photography at a Florida beach on March 3.
The 27-year-old groom lost his temper when Trevor Mooney allegedly refused to leave the part of the beach where the bridal party was taking pictures, Yahoo! reported.
Alvord allegedly offered the 24-year-old man money to leave, as he was blocking the camera’s view. Alvord said he and his groomsmen couldn’t get Mooney to leave, even with offers as high as $50, according to The Palm Beach Post.
Wedding days are supposed to be memorable. But for Jeffery E. Alvord, 27, a Boynton Beach man, the day will be unforgettable for completely different reasons. https://t.co/jxdjN2yaJF
— Florida Times-Union (@jaxdotcom) March 7, 2019
Alvord told police he punched Mooney after the man became “very belligerent,” The Washington Post reported.
Mooney told authorities that he had been at the beach for hours when the three men requested he relocate.
“They said they would give me $10 to move. I said $20. The long-haired guy in the tan suit became irate. Someone grabbed me and held me while the guy with the long hair in a bun struck me in the face three times in a row. Someone grabbed my belongings and threw them across the beach,” Mooney wrote in a statement, obtained by Yahoo!
Boynton Beach Fire Rescue treated Mooney at the scene. A police report obtained by The Palm Beach Post said his glasses, valued at $250, were broken in the altercation. The altercation occurred just 15 minutes before the reception was scheduled. Mooney declined to let them take him to the hospital.
“(The victim’s) nose appears to be out of place sitting more to (the) right of his face,” a police report obtained by The Palm Beach Post said.
Knockout wedding: Police say a Florida man spent what was supposed to be his wedding night in jail after breaking the nose of a man who refused to move out of the way of the beachfront wedding pictures. https://t.co/WEngmbeCyV #odd
— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) March 6, 2019
Alvord’s attorney, Steven A. Cohen, suggested that Mooney’s version of events was not totally accurate, and that 30 wedding guests “have a different version of what occurred.”
Alvord was able to get married after he posted $3,000 bond and left jail the day after the altercation. His charges include aggravated battery causing harm or disability, and criminal mischief between $200 and $1,000.
He is planning to go on his honeymoon March 12.
Other Wedding Scandals
Last year Newsweek reported that a New Jersey groom was arrested at his own wedding reception for fighting and sexually assaulting a minor.
Police arrived at the reception and saw Matthew Aimers “pushing and punching people.” The fight reportedly started when an employee working the venue told Aimers he couldn’t bring alcohol outside.
He also tried to fight police, officials say
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Aimers then attempted to challenge police to a fight before they arrested him.
Police also said that Aimers sexually assaulted a teenage waitress working at the event.
In Pittsburgh last year, a woman ended up in jail at the conclusion of her marriage reception.
Everlina Johnson and her fiancé got married in City Court. The groom, Jeffrey McGurk, was already a jail inmate, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Johnson was not aware that she was being sought by police for helping her fiancé to hide money in his scam home improvement business.
McGurk’s lawyer commented on the timing of the arrest.
“I don’t know if that is the best or most professional way to do things, although it may have been the most effective,” said Marc Daffner, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “If there is a warrant, there’s a warrant. But I’m sure anybody in that situation would have appreciated a heads up, so you could make arrangements to turn yourself in. It seems morally wrong to arrest someone at their wedding.”
