- Brett Orin Wardle, 50, was charged with aggravated assault in a road rage case.
- The incident occurred at Brighton High School, involving a woman stopped for students.
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Criminal charges were filed Wednesday against a Cottonwood Heights man who police say was involved in a road rage confrontation in a high school parking lot.
Brett Orin Wardle, 50, is charged in 3rd District Court with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony. The charge comes with a road-rage penalty enhancement if convicted.
On March 14, in the parking lot at Brighton High School, 2220 E. Bengal Blvd., a woman “was stopped in traffic at the pickup/drop off area and waited for students in the crosswalk as school had just let out.” The driver in a vehicle behind her, Wardle, became “frustrated she was not moving. Wardle motioned for (the woman) to move forward and Wardle hit the back of her vehicle,” according to charging documents…