A Rome man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted his estranged wife in a Waterville parking lot, struck her car with his vehicle and followed her to Oakland, where police stopped him.

Andrew Knight, 40, of 62 Ladd Road, Rome, reportedly had an argument about finances with the woman in the parking lot of Waterville Pediatrics at 159 Silver St. before the incident occurred, according to Waterville police Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey.

Rumsey said police got a call at 10:11 a.m. Tuesday from someone reporting a man and woman were arguing in the parking lot. She began to walk away, the man drove up to her and grabbed her arm, and she got away and got into another vehicle, Rumsey said.

He drove after her and struck her vehicle with his, causing minor damage to both vehicles, then followed her to Kennedy Memorial Drive and all the way to Oakland, where he was stopped by an Oakland police officer near Rite-Aid, according to Rumsey.

Waterville police Officer Tim Hinton drove to Oakland, arrested Knight and charged him with domestic violence assault and reckless conduct, both class D misdemeanors, with the latter charge being for his striking her vehicle as she was leaving the Waterville parking lot, Rumsey said.

Knight was released on $750 unsecured bail and is scheduled to appear April 19 in Waterville District Court on the charges.

Rumsey said that before the incident occurred, Knight and the woman apparently had gone in separate vehicles to the doctors’ office on Silver Street to take a child to an appointment. After the appointment, the three got into one vehicle and went out and then took the child back to school in Oakland. Then Knight and his estranged wife drove back to Waterville in the same vehicle and returned to the doctors’ parking lot, where the argument started.

The woman, whose address is different from Knight’s, was not injured in the incident, according to Rumsey.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

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