Maple Leafs scout steals golf cart in drunken rampage

A Toronto Maple Leafs scout has been arrested and charged following an alcohol-induced joyride involving a golf cart, according to the Genesee County Sheriff's Office.

Lindsay Hofford, the Maple Leafs' director of eastern area scouting, was charged Saturday following a chain of events at Darien Lake, the upstate New York theme park, in which an intoxicated Hofford stole a golf cart and later hit another vehicle, and then left the scene of the incident.

According to Stephen T. Watson of The Buffalo News, Hofford, 53, is charged with driving while intoxicated, unauthorized use of a vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, conducting an unsafe lane change, and for his refusal to perform a breathalyzer test.

Hofford is scheduled to appear in Darien Town Court on Sept. 21.

Hofford joined the Maple Leafs in 2015-16 as an amateur scout after serving as the director of amateur scouting for five seasons with the OHL's London Knights.