TOLEDO, Ohio — A candidate for Toledo City Council is disputing an allegation that he shoved a woman outside a county government building this week, calling it a politically motivated attack days before the election .

Images of a Lucas County Sheriff’s Office report sent to WTOL 11 appear to show the incident happened around 1:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in the parking lot of the Shared Services Building on West Sylvania Avenue, which houses several county offices, including the Board of Elections.

The report identifies Robert Pasker III, 38, as the suspect. Witnesses told investigators that Pasker shoved a woman, prompting another person nearby to intervene, according to the report.

When deputies arrived, Pasker and the woman had already been separated. The report says deputies spoke with

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