Crime & Safety

Road Rage Motorist Due in Court Wednesday

Louis Mraz, the 64-year-old Mount Washington man accused of running down a cyclist in June, is due in court on Wednesday for a "violation hearing."

Louis Mraz, the Mount Washington man who was and charged with running down a cyclist near Avenue 50, is due to go back before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

A public information officer at Los Angeles Superior Court said Mraz is being called back to court for a "violation hearing," but did not disclose the details of the violation.

, Mraz was arrested on Friday, July 8, on charges that he intentionally ran down a cyclist who was riding on Avenue 50 near Buchanan Street.

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He was released the same day on $80,000 bail.

Winona Wacker, the cyclist who was allegedly run down by Mraz, shortly after the incident took place in May.

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“He laid on his horn, then yelled back at me, ‘You wanna test your weight against mine?’” Wacker said. “[He] continued blowing his horn, hit the gas and then sped up to run me down.”

Wacker said a Good Samaritan stopped to attend to her by the side of the road, and then sped along to retrieve the motorist's license plate number.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, an eyewitness corroborated Wacker's account.

Mraz, , denied that he intentionally ran down Wacker.


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