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Margaret Greer in her Smith Barney photo (left) and in her booking photo from State Police (right)
1 of 1A Wellesley woman has been
charged with hitting a state trooper with her Mercedes SUV as he tried to write her a ticket at Logan Airport.
The trooper was not hurt.
57-year-old Margaret Greer pleaded not guilty Monday to assault and battery on a police officer and assault with a dangerous weapon. She was released on a promise to return to court.
Prosecutors said Tuesday a trooper directing traffic ordered Greer to move her idling SUV Sunday evening.
She said she was waiting for her husband. But when the trooper gave her the option of circling the terminal or waiting in a nearby cell phone lot, she allegedly rolled up her window and ignored him.
After refusing orders from the trooper, Greer allegedly swiped him with the car's side view mirror as she pulled around him. They said she then nearly hit him again and dragged him a short distance as he tried to arrest her.
She drove off and was arrested a short time later on the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Police say Greer denied having been at the airport that day. She allegedly told troopers that she was driving home from her job at Merrill Lynch in downtown Boston.
The trooper she allegedly struck arrived at the scene, identified her, and arrested her.
A bus driver who witnessed the incident told State Police, "I had about sixty people on my bus. They were terrified by what they saw. My legs are still shaking."
Attorney Carol Starkey said Greer looks forward to her day in court.
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source : http://wbztv.com/local/trooper.hit.at.2.972325.html
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