Nassau-A magistrate ordered a 50-year-old man to pay restitution after he admitted to deliberately damaging a woman’s windshield.
Michael Miller, of Minnie Street, pleaded guilty to a charge of causing damage when he appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on Friday, May 22.
Lechee Knowles told police at the Wulff Road Police Station that Miller threw a bottle at her 2001 Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle on May 20, which cracked the front windshield.
The cost to repair the windshield is $1,510, Sergeant Bridgette Strapp, the prosecutor, told the court.
In mitigation, Miller’s attorney told the magistrate that the prosecutor didn’t say that the incident took place on his property. She said that Miller was not a “vagrant.”
The lawyer said Miller and the complainant had a “volatile” relationship.
She said it was “an unfortunate situation where tempers flared.”
The lawyer asked the court not to send Miller to prison as he was willing to “satisfy” the damage.
She said that Miller was employed. The court heard that Miller assisted his sister and took care of his 94-year-old father.
As a result, McKinney ordered Miller to pay Knowles $1,510 to avoid spending six months in prison.
Additionally, the court ordered Miller to keep the peace for one year. McKinney warned Miller that if he failed to abide by this condition, he would be fined $500 or three months in prison.
