July 7, 2006 - The man charged for driving into two city of Toledo workers is speaking out about the ordeal. Jeremy Goldthwaite (gol-th-wait) talked only with 13-abc's Erica Hurtt about his version of what happened.

It was a dispute over towing vehicles that left two city workers injured.

But Jeremy Goldthwaite says he didn't mean to hurt anyone and he thinks the city tried to illegally seize his cars.

Jeremy Goldthwaite says he's had a bad week!

It might be hard to find sympathy for a guy accused of driving a truck into two city workers, but Goldthwaite insists it was accident.

"I've got faith in god and the judicial system that this will all get cleared up."

On Monday, Toledo code of enforcement employees came to tow Goldthwaite and his friend's vehicles.

She had no paperwork for it. She was going to take vehicles that were all running, legally plated, legally parked on driveways not on the grass, that had not be cited before.

Goldthwaite admits neighbors made complaints in February but says those problems were fixed.

He claims city employee Sue Frederick was unfairly targeting him so he drove off in his truck.

That's when he says he unknowingly hit Frederick and coworker Mike Bombrys.

"I believe I had seen the guy in the jeep getting ready to back it up so I put it in reverse. And as some people have told me she stepped in the way of the truck trying to stop me from backing up. I didn't see her step in the way."

Goldthwaite says he came back as soon as he heard the workers had been hit; but that was too late for police.

Yesterday they charged Goldthwaite with aggravated assault. He says he has paid to get all of the vehicles out of impound, but only a minivan was back at the house today. It has a temporary tag that expires on July 25.

Both workers suffered minor injuries.

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I am about to take some money I have stashed away and go on a vacation for a few weeks till all this blows over, kinda thinking about going to a friends in Kingman AZ