Charges: Man tossed large rock from overpass into traffic, injuring woman

A man already in custody is now facing assault charges in Ramsey County for allegedly throwing a large rock into oncoming traffic, causing serious injuries to a female driver.

Willie Charles Lassiter, Jr., 27, of Minneapolis, has been charged in connecrtion with an incident on Highway 36 in Little Canada on the evening of May 29.

The charges state that at around 10:30 p.m. emergency dispatchers received a call from a man saying someone had dropped a large rock from an overpass that hit the Ford Escape his girlfriend was driving…

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