A New York man — who had apparently doused himself in hand sanitizer — is hospitalized in grave condition after he burst into flames when police officers trying to subdue him deployed a Taser. Catskill police said that Jason Jones, 29, appeared to be intoxicated last weekend when he entered the police department and got …
Last week, a former corrections officer in Tennessee was sentenced to five years in prison for repeatedly using his stun gun on an inmate who was strapped in a restraint chair. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee said in a statement that evidence presented at trial showed Mark Bryant, 42, using …
Two small town Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second degree murder in the death last year of a 28-year-old man they allegedly Tased more than 50 times, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced. Wilson Police Officers Joshua Taylor, 26, and Brandon Dingman, 34, responded to a call regarding Jared Lakey shortly before …
A Texas woman used a stun gun on her husband at a nightclub early Sunday after catching him with his mistress, according to reports. Irlanda Parra, 24, was charged with assault causing bodily injury for an alleged incident that unfolded at 2 a.m. at Jefe’s Mexican Restaurant in Wichita Falls. KFDX and KJTL reported that …
NYPD is conducting an internal review
