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Parking Wars 2

An Athens (Georgia–ed.) man wanted a parking spot badly enough to hit two people with his car to get it, police said.

Ross Campbell, of Statham, was standing in a parking spot holding his 3-year-old son when Richard Junkins pulled up in a Ford Mustang, Athens-Clarke County police said Sunday.

Unexplained is why the victim was standing in the parking place to begin with.

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2 comments

  1. Bill

    September 20, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Junkins was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, according to police.
    He should have been charged with one count of stupidity.

     
  2. Frank

    September 20, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    The most likely explanation for Mr. Campbell’s standing in the space was that he was waiting for a ride or to cross the street.  If this happened in Boston, I’d figure he was trying to save the parking space, but this was in Athens, Ga., for Pete’s sake.
    Even assuming that Mr. Campbell was out of line, running persons over is generally not an accepted way to obtain a parking spot.