Police Taser man during Mishawaka meth investigation

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Nov 21, 2008 at 11:34 AM EST

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 11:34 AM EST

MISHAWAKA – Police used a Taser to subdue a man Thursday after a suspected mobile meth lab was discovered at a Mishawaka home.

Police were initially called to the home in the 300 block of South Beiger Street about 10:30 a.m. Thursday on a domestic violence complaint.

A woman living in the home told police that she and her 42-year-old boyfriend had been fighting, and that she had been hit several times in the back of the head.

As the woman and man talked with police, the woman told officers that there was a methamphetamine lab in the bed of the man’s pickup truck.

Police attempted to handcuff the man, but he tried to run. An officer grabbed the man, but he continued struggling, leading Cpl. Steve Headley to use a Taser.

Police arrested the man and he was taken to the St. Joseph County jail.

Investigators from the Indiana State Police and South Bend’s Metro Special Operations unit were called to collect and dispose of the meth lab materials.

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