Woman Arrested After Assist on Parking Meter
A grandmother who tried to help a stranger by feeding a parking meter wound up in jail instead.
“I’ve never been arrested for anything before,” Sylvia Spayton, 62, told reporters Friday as she left Hamilton County Municipal Court, where she was arraigned on charges of obstructing official business and disorderly conduct.
She was arrested Thursday evening by a police officer who saw her put coins in an expired meter. She said she did not know who owned the car.
The dispute landed Spayton in jail for three hours before family members bailed her out on a $1,500 bond.
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