AVENTURA, Fla. — Two men attacked a teenager during a parking dispute at a Tesla Supercharger station in Aventura over the weekend, authorities said. One of the men is accused of pushing the 17-year-old boy while the other is accused of purposely backing into him.
It happened just before 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the electric vehicle charging stations at the Aventura Commons shopping center, located at 21265 Biscayne Blvd., according to the city’s police department.
According to police reports, the boy was “attempting to park his Tesla” when he got into an argument with the two men in another car “over a parking space.”
Police said the boy told officers that the passenger of the other vehicle, later identified as Ahmed Mohamed, 34, of Sunny Isles Beach, “intentionally pushed him before grabbing him in an attempt to physically move him away from the parking space.”
According to the reports, the boy “stated he was able to regain his balance and again stood in front of the parking space in an effort to prevent the other vehicle from taking it,” but “seconds later,” the driver of the other vehicle, later identified as Serguey Artigas, 47, of Miami Beach, “intentionally placed the vehicle in reverse and backed into (him), striking him in the leg.”
Police said they then proceeded to park. The boy, authorities said, was able to snap a picture of them as they walked to the Whole Foods area of the plaza.
Officers saw the two men in the shopping plaza and questioned them, according to the reports. The two men denied any wrongdoing, claiming the dispute was only verbal.
But authorities said that “multiple independent witnesses” corroborated the teen’s account of the incident, including the vehicle ramming.
Officers arrested both men on child abuse charges, while Artigas faces an additional felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and Mohammed faces an additional charge of battery.
Bond for both men was listed as “to be set” in Miami-Dade jail records as of Monday morning.
Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.
