Lindenwood Coach Drove Wrong Way on I-70 Before Assaulting Officers, Police Say
Kyle Friesenhahn has been placed on unpaid leave from his diving coach position until the case is settled; he also lost a part-time coaching job with Fort Zumwalt high schools.
A Lindenwood University diving coach was stopped for driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 and brought into custody before he spit at and attempted to assault officers, St. Peters Police said. Patch reported earlier that Kyle Friesenhahn, 25, of the 1000 block of Pine Street in St. Charles, was charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer. Officer Melissa Doss, spokesperson for St. Peters Police, said the department requested the St. Charles County Prosecutor’s Office to file driving while intoxicated charges against Friesenhahn. Officers stopped Friesenhahn, Lindenwood’s head diving coach, for driving westbound in the eastbound lanes on I-70 near Mid Rivers Mall on Feb. 2, Doss said. Friesenhahn was taken to the St. Peters Justice …
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