Cop who tased suspect several times as man begged him to stop charged with cruelty
A police officer has been charged with third-degree assault for cruelty against a person after he fired his Taser several times at a suspect in an Oct. 14 incident in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
Kehoss pursued Day's vehicle, ultimately catching up to him when Day crashed into a pole. Kehoss got out of his vehicle and started running after Day, yelling "better stop" as he drew his taser and fired at Day. Documents provided to ABC News by the Naugatuck Police Department show Kehoss has been disciplined by the department several times during his 13-year tenure as a police officer.
In 2017, Kehoss responded to help during an attempted traffic stop by another officer, in which Kehoss claimed he'd been struck by the vehicle. An investigation into the incident stated that video evidence showed that Kehoss's vehicle "clearly had not" been hit, adding that while "this review is unable to provide that officer Kehoss made a false report that his cruiser was struck by the suspect vehicle, it does find the situation troubling and raises reasonable doubt.
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