Man demands to be tased by sheriff’s deputy
NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER: Darrel Lee Horne (left) and Matthew Shrider (allegedly) stole a boat from a covered dock on Lake Botts in Pierson, because their truck had run out of gas, Orlando Sentinel reports:
A neighbor of the boat owner called the victim to report the theft. He said one of the men was carrying an ax as they walked to the dock.
When deputies arrived, they ordered the men to return to shore, [Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught] said.
"Horne started to curse at the deputies and take off his clothes," Haught said. "He then dove in and swam in the opposite direction, cursing and making hand gestures as he went."
Shrider paddled the boat back to shore, where deputies found the ax, a can of beer and a bottle of rum.
Horne, still naked, was eventually found in a heavily wooded area along the shore of the lake.
While in custody in the back a police cruiser, Horne repeatedly kicked Shrider. When he was ordered to stop, Horne told the sheriff’s deputy to “Taser me, Taser me Bro,” The Smoking Gun reports:
Horne was, in fact, zapped by Deputy Taylor Sierstorpff, who “gave a verbal command of ‘Taser Taser Taser’” before striking Horne in the chest with the taser probes and delivering “a single cycle,” according to a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office report.
Horne and Shrider were charged with armed burglary, grand theft and resisting arrest.
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