William Roa was feeling the weight of the law on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Records show Miami Beach police officers arrested Roa, 40, shortly after 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the lobby of his apartment in South Beach. <\/p>\n
And if what he was wearing was any indication, it was likely that he was also feeling the pain of Colombia\u2019s elimination from the FIFA World Cup while behind bars.<\/p>\n
Miami-Dade corrections booked Roa shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records. <\/p>\n
Police officers accused Roa of crimes on March 5 at 1400 Washington Ave., after he walked out of Lost Weekend, a pub at 218 Espa\u00f1ola Way, and found a parking citation on his motorcycle, according to police. <\/p>\n
Roa followed a parking officer for about 20 minutes \u2014 \u201cverbally threatening to harm\u201d him \u2014 before surveillance video showed him approach the officer\u2019s assigned 2025 Ford Ranger pickup truck to \u201cslash both driver\u2019s side tires with a sharp metal object,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n
Roa \u201chas a criminal history of 14 arrests in Miami-Dade County, to include carrying a concealed firearm, battery, obstruction, and resisting,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n
Court records show Roa hasn\u2019t been convicted of a crime in Miami-Dade. On Wednesday afternoon, he faced two new charges: Aggravated assault of an official employee, a third-degree felony, and criminal mischief with prejudice, also a third-degree felony, according to court records. His bond was $3,500. <\/p>\n
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