Man allegedly uses Taser on relatives

Kitsap Sun staff

Kitsap Sun

June 26, 2011 at 7:33 p.m.

EAST BREMERTON — A 42-year-old East Bremerton man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly shocking two visiting relatives with a Taser.

The man, who lives with his mother on Ridgeview Drive, got into an argument Saturday night with one of several relatives visiting from Virgina. The man left and was gone all night. The relatives packed quickly in the morning, wanting to get out of the house before he returned, but didn't make it in time.

The man started swearing at the relatives to get out and to get a suitcase off his pool table. He picked up the bag and threw it across the room, according to the police report.

One of the relatives hit the man over the head with a wooden bellows and he went upstairs. A 58-year-old woman headed upstairs and the man appeared at the top and shot her with the Taser. She fell back down the stairs.

The woman's 56-year-old sister grabbed the man's arm and he stuck her on her chest with the Taser.

The man said he went to apologize to the relatives for Saturday night and they approached and threatened him. He said that he didn't toss the suitcase and that he tased one woman in self-defense and didn't shock the other one.

He was arrested on suspicion of two counts of fourth-degree assault and reckless endangerment. He was taken to the Kitsap County jail with bail set at $15,000.