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.
"He started to write a parking ticket after I put the money in the meter," she said. "He said I was interfering with his duties."
View Comments
The dispute landed Spayton in jail for three hours before family members bailed her out. She was released on $1,500 bond.