CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Federal prosecutors now want to toss a felony assault charge against a man accused of hitting a Border Patrol agent with his car in Charlotte.
In a motion filed Dec. 3, the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked a judge to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning charges could be brought again later, against 24-year-old Cristobal Maltos. Prosecutors said they were acting “in the interests of justice.”
Maltos had been accused of using his vehicle to strike a federal officer during a Nov. 17 encounter near North Tryon Street.
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Agents said they were conducting an operation when they noticed Maltos following them, boxed in his car, and then saw the vehicle lurch forward, hitting an officer. Body-camera video captured the incident, according to court documents…