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  • Deputy sued for using stun gun on woman

    12/08/2005 12:01:42 PM PST · by JTN · 332 replies · 3,457+ views
    NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A Hamilton County sheriff's deputy faces a lawsuit for using a Taser on a woman who refused to put down her cell phone after she was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving. Jennifer Marshall says she was trying to phone her lawyer when Deputy Greg Lockhart pressed the stun gun to her arm as another deputy held her. Police contend Marshall refused to drop the cell phone after Lockhart warned her she would have to go to jail if she did not submit to a blood test. Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Carter says Lockhart followed department...