A man was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of grabbing girls after knocking them down at a roller skating party in Palm Bay.

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Dennis Delisle, 48, was arrested on charges of child abuse and battery after the incident, which occurred at Liberty Park on Carlyle Avenue in Palm Bay, just west of Interstate 95.

Donnie Clausen, a concerned parent, said he confronted Delisle because he was concerned about his child's safety.

"He was pushing down the children, and it seemed like most of them were girls. Maybe (he did it) for an excuse to pick them up, grope them," Clausen said.

After several parents complained to Palm Bay police, officers went to the Skate Jam and arrested Delisle. Skate Jam is a free family event that is held on the third Saturday of every month from September to May.

"(They) put handcuffs on him, and the whole entire crowd, everybody at the Skate Jam, was clapping and applauding the police," Clausen said.

Delisle told Local 6 that he didn't touch any children.

"But the police said you pushed the kids over. Did you push them over?" asked Local 6 reporter Chris Trenkmann.

"No, I did not. I did not push them over," he said.

"Did you touch the kids?" Trenkmann said.

"No," Delisle responded.

"How do you explain several of the children having scrapes and cuts from being pushed down during their roller skating?" Trenkmann said.

"I don't have to because I didn't do it," Delisle said.

"Were you close to them at all while you were skating?" Trenkmann said.

"No," he said.

Delisle said the children ganged up on him and made the accusations because they were jealous of his skating skills.

"Child abuse? I did not abuse any children. I was just merely attending a Skate Jam.

"So you think those parents are wrong?" Trenkmann said.

"(They're) more than wrong. They've destroyed my life," he said.

Delisle remained in the Brevard County Jail Monday morning.

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