Crime & Safety

Man Slammed Truck Into Wife's Car, Damaging Her Boyfriend's Car, Police Say

The woman's car was pushed into her boyfriend's car, which was pushed into a garage, according to a police report.

A St. Charles County man was charged with slamming his truck into his estranged wife’s car at 6 p.m. Saturday in St Peters.

Mario Pinto, 41, of the first block of Mystery Lane near Wentzville, was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree property damage after police said he intentionally hit the car in first block of Duffy Court in in .

said in a report that the impact pushed his wife’s car into the back of her new boyfriend’s car.

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The impact pushed the second car into a garage, striking a freezer and a garage wall, according to court documents.

Bond for Pinto was set at $15,000.

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