A Villager who aimed her speeding Mercedes at a pair of bicyclists is serving 90 days in jail.
Jill Allison Vernon, 58, who lives in a $2.2 million home on Conservation Trail in the Village of Pine Hills, pleaded no contest this past week in Lake County Court to charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest. She was sentenced to 90 days behind bars and will be on probation for three years. She has also been ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
Vernon was at the wheel of her white Mercedes convertible on March 22 when she encountered the male and female bicyclists on her street, according to an arrest report from the Fruitland Park Police Department. She was approaching the bicyclists “at a seemingly high rate of speed in the opposite direction.”
The male bicyclist signaled with his hand, trying to persuade Vernon to slow down. She “flipped them off” and yelled profanities at the bicyclists as she passed, the report said…