By Jeff Skrzypek

EUGENE, Ore. -- Although the case between Ben Bond and a parking officer is over, those in the courtroom got a better understanding of exactly what happened the day Bond was arrested after he started plugging meters.

"He put it, he pointed it at the meter, the way he set it, he was angry, he was mad, there was something not quite right," said parking officer Maria Valesquez. That's how she described Bond the day she says he interfered with her job and harassed her throughout the day. Velasquez told the courtroom that bond called her names and used profanities as she tried to work.

"He said I'm going to keep you from doing your job, giving people tickets, I have change, and when he had change in his hand he did this. 'Were you frightened?' I was scared," she said.

While Velasquez says she was frightened during the experience, a witness to parts of the ordeal argued otherwise. A driver who saw the exchange between the meter maid and Bond says Velasquez didn't appear frightened.

"I honestly can say I didn't see anything that looked like that he was upset, or her for that matter," said the driver.

It's the story that defendant Ben Bond stuck to, saying he never called her names or made any references to anything personal about Velasquez.

Bond insists that while he did plug the meters, his intent was not to harass or prevent the meter maid from doing her job. He was just trying to save other drivers from getting a parking ticket.

"My intent was to to warn others of getting a ticket or to plug meters for people that were expired," said Bond.

The judge in the case has acquitted Bond of all charges which ended a trial that could have lasted another day.