A Villager allegedly aimed her speeding Mercedes at a pair of bicyclists she evidently believed did not belong on her street.
Jill Allison Vernon, 58, who lives in a $2.2 million home on Conservation Trail in the Village of Pine Hills, was at the wheel of a white Mercedes convertible shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday 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.
The female bicyclist was concerned that the Mercedes might reappear, and sure enough “they heard the engine getting louder behind them.” The woman bicyclist looked back and saw the Mercedes approaching at a high rate of speed. The lady cyclist quickly moved to the grass and warned her male companion. The Mercedes passed very close to his leg, forcing him to stop…