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Road Rager Attacks Elderly Man and Receives Probation
Posted on Oct 20, 2009
This July, St. Pete Beach resident, George Hall, attacked an elderly driver, Nathan Snyder, in the Palms of Pasadena hospital parking lot. Snyder was at the hospital to visit his wife who was recovering from a pacemaker replacement. During the attack, Snyder, who had a concealed weapons permit, pulled out a handgun that was in his car. Snyder fired the gun, hitting Hall in the arm. The State did not charge Hall, concluding that he acted in self-defense. The arrest report stated Hall was upset with Snyder because 83 year old Snyder cut Hall off on the road near the hospital so he followed Snyder to the hospital and attacked him.
Hall pleaded no contest to the charge of battery on a person over age 65, and adjudication was withheld. He was represented by defense attorney, Roger Futerman, who maintains that the case was not clear cut because Hall was injured too. Hall felt Snyder overreacted and shouldn’t have been carrying a loaded gun. Hall believes Snyder should have been charged with attempted murder.
On Monday, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Timothy Peters gave Hall two years of probation and no jail time. This order angered Snyder’s family because Snyder was seriously injured. Snyder suffered from a fractured hip, spent almost a month in the hospital, and underwent two surgeries. Snyder’s family members expressed concern about the message that this ruling sent to the community: commit road rage, seriously injury an elderly gentleman, and receive a slap on the wrist.
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