Kenai Peninsula troopers Joseph Miller and Jason Woodruff were initially charged with misdemeanors after the May incident that left the man with serious injuries.
Updated: 18 seconds agoTwo Alaska State troopers, one with a Taser, arrest 38-year-old Ben Tikka in a Kenai park on Friday, May 24, 2024. Troopers Sgt. Joseph Miller and Trooper Jason Woodruff were charged Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, with assault associated with the arrest.
Tikka was hospitalized for his injuries and still experiences pain from the encounter, an attorney representing him has said. Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Joseph Miller approaches the defense table in a Kenai courtroom. Miller and Trooper Jason Woodruff were arraigned at the Kenai Courthouse on September 10, 2024. Both are charged with assault for force used when making an arrest in Kenai in May.
The troopers requested backup and eventually ordered Tikka out of the SUV while he questioned what he was being arrested for, the charges said. Miller smashed a window of the SUV and deployed pepper spray inside the vehicle, according to the charges. Tikka exited the vehicle and Miller then kicked him, punched him, shocked him twice with a Taser and stepped on his head, the charges said.
“ believes he was doing his job,” Campion said. “He was doing his job to protect other officers, Kenai police officers, troopers, that were trying to apprehend someone who wasn’t cooperating.”
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