Cops: Fla. man arrested after scuffle with officer

A Miami man was arrested and charged with assault, drug possession and child endangerment after he scuffled with an officer who saw him parking his car in a handicap parking spot Sunday afternoon in New Hyde Park, police said.

Joel G. Daguillard, 31, of Miami, was charged with second-degree assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana. He is scheduled for arraignment Monday in First District Court in Hempstead, police said.

The officer then asked Daguillard to step from the vehicle, police said, but he refused.

He became involved in a struggle with the officer, who suffered a lacerated finger that police said required stitches.

The two children were later placed in the custody of their mother, police said.