Crime & Safety
Police: Man Hit Parking Meter Officer with Car
According to an arrest affidavit, the man hit the parking meter employee with his car while the victim was putting a parking boot on his car in St. Petersburg.
A man has been charged by St. Petersburg Police with two counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle after he allegedly backed his car into a parking enforcement officer putting a boot on his car.
Louis Albano, 50, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle on May 15. He was released from jail on a $10,000 bond.
According to the arrest affidavit, the victim "was actively and within plain sight of the victim," when the victim was placing a parking boot on the left rear tire on Albano's 2000 Buick Regal.
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The defendant, according to police, "intentionally entered his vehicle and backed his vehicle up which placed the victim in a well-founded fear for (his or her) life."
Albano, the affidavit said, told police he was not trying to hurt the victim.
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