OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a man suspected of striking a pedestrian with his car in an Oakland Park Publix parking lot.
Thirty-six-year-old Luis Alberto Ferri was arrested and charged with one count of aggravated battery causing bodily harm, Wednesday.
Surveillance cameras captured the moment police say Ferri was leaving a Publix in the area of Northeast 49th Street and Ninth Avenue on Feb. 23.
He had stopped his car to allow a pedestrian to walk past him, but before the pedestrian could finish crossing Ferri accelerated the car, striking the man before driving away.
The victim suffered a broken leg in several places.
Ferri is being held on $50,000 bond.
He was ordered not to drive until further order of the court and to not have any contact with the victim.
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