J.D. Gallop

FLORIDA TODAY

A 30-year-old Palm Bay man remains held without bond after police said he crashed his car into his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle, then fired off several rounds because he was upset over her dating someone else.

James Allen Burgman was charged with aggravated battery, having an altered serial number on a firearm, discharging a firearm in public and carrying a concealed weapon after police were called to the 800 block of Parsons Circle to investigate reports of a disturbance involving gunfire, reports show.

Burgman went before a judge last week and will go to court August 25 for a hearing.

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Investigators said that on July 19, someone fired off several rounds in the area of Davenport Street in the southeast portion of the city. Patrol officers responded and spotted a ‘tricked-out’ blue mustang leaving the area. Officers followed the vehicle and carried out a traffic stop.

Officers identified the driver as Burgman and found a handgun – with eight remaining rounds in a 15-capacity magazine - wrapped in a pair of camouflage shorts sitting on the passenger side. The gun’s serial number appeared to have been scratched off, reports show.

Police found Burgman’s ex-girlfriend who said that she had been sitting in her vehicle when Burgman pulled up in his Mustang, struck her vehicle and then got out and fired several shots in several directions, reports show.

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The girlfriend, who has a child with Burgman, told officers that she told him earlier in the day that she was now dating someone else, records show. Burgman was booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex in Sharpes.

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