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Montreal Gazette CBS Newsman Mike Wallace Cuffed In Parkin
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Mike Wallace
Aug 10, 2004

BY TOSHI MAEDA AND ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
Staff Writers

August 10, 2004, 10:43 PM EDT

Mike Wallace is accustomed to asking the tough questions. Tuesday night, his aggressive personality got him arrested by two Taxi & Limousine Commission inspectors when he lunged at one during a parking dispute on the Upper East Side, the TLC said.

Three witnesses, however, said the inspectors overreacted and that the gathering crowd booed as the "60 Minutes" personality was arrested.

Wallace, 86, was handcuffed and taken to the 19th Precinct station house, where he was issued a summons for disorderly conduct and released.

Wallace was picking up a meat loaf dinner at a restaurant when two TLC inspectors started questioning the driver of the for-hire vehicle Wallace was riding in. The car was double-parked at East 79th Street and 3rd Avenue, according to TLC spokesman Allan Fromberg.

As the driver was being questioned, Wallace emerged from the restaurant, Luke's Bar & Grill. When he saw what was happening, he "began to interfere" with the inspectors, Fromberg said.

"He became overly assertive and was reported to be disrespectful to the inspectors," Fromberg said. "He was asked three times to step away from the vehicle and cease interfering. At one point Mr. Wallace appeared to lunge toward one of the two inspectors. The other inspector became concerned with his partner's safety and at that point cuffed Mr. Wallace."

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