Two police officers from a small southern Oklahoma town have been charged with second-degree murder after being accused of using their stun guns more than 50 times on a 28-year-old man who died.
Wilson police Officers Joshua Taylor, 26, and Brandon Dingman, 34, were charged Wednesday in the death last year of Jared Lakey, according to court documents.
Court documents said the two officers used their stun guns on Lakey more than 50 times, "which greatly exceeded what would have been necessary or warranted by the attendant circumstances," and was a "substantial factor" in Lakey's death.
Joshua Taylor, left and Brandon Dingman. AP
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which assisted with the investigation at the request of the Carter County sheriff's office, said that after Taylor and Dingman used a their stun guns on Lakey on July 4, 2019, Lakey was hospitalized and died on July 6, 2019.
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Taylor and Dingman had come into contact with Lakey after responding to a call that he was acting in a disorderly way, OSBI said. The agency said that when Lakey wouldn't comply with the officers' commands, they used their stun guns multiple times.
A deputy with the Carter County sheriff's office eventually responded to the scene and helped get Lakey into custody. OSBI said that shortly after that, Lakey stopped breathing and became unresponsive. He was taken to the hospital.
OSBI said that on Wednesday, prosecutors issued arrest warrants for Taylor and Dingman. OSBI said both turned themselves in Thursday morning. They were each given a $250,000 bond and both have bonded out.
If convicted, each faces a punishment of 10 years to life in prison.
Wilson is located about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City.
shillyshally on July 3rd, 2020 at 12:41 UTC »
From the Washington Post article;
BobbitTheDog on July 3rd, 2020 at 12:01 UTC »
Jesus Christ, surely that constitutes torture?
WilHunting on July 3rd, 2020 at 11:18 UTC »
Took over a year to arrest these animals.
They used the stun gun over 50 times on this man, who died the next day at the hospital.