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Read comments (6)Michael Tadeoo Martinez, 31, of Shelbyville, allegedly ran from the front porch of a Bridlewood Drive home as officers exited their patrol cars, police said. Reports indicate officers had been called to remove an intoxicated person who was knocking on the front door.
"Officer (J.R.) Garza and I chased him through and around multiple yards in the trailer park," Officer Jody Shelton said.
The suspect, Shelton said, was ordered to stop numerous times in both Spanish and English.
"Officer Garza ordered him to stop again, he stopped to turn and Officer Garza shot the subject with his Taser," Shelton said. "I then applied handcuffs on the subject and Officer Garza put on latex gloves and removed the probes from the subject's back."
After a supervising officer arrived and verified Martinez was "okay," Shelton said, he was taken to Bedford County Jail and charged with evading arrest and public intoxication.
Thefts
A John Deere lawn mower was stolen from Bedford Tractor, Madison Street, between 9:19 and 10:25 p.m. Monday, Shelbyville police said.
A fence was cut and welded metal bars cut with a hacksaw to gain entry to the grounds.
Other thefts reported to Shelbyville police:
*A 2004 Kia belonging to a Shelbyville woman was taken from a parking lot at the Celebration Grounds between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday.
*The license plate was stolen from a car in the back yard of a Fairway Green Drive home between Wednesday of last week and Monday.
Jail intake
The following were arrested since Monday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and processed through Bedford County Jail. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts.
* Michael Lee Harvell, 30, Sunset Street, Unionville; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond
* Fred Bradley Kirby, 38, Thompson Lane; DUI; released, $1,000 bond
* Michael Tadeoo Martinez, 31, Shelbyville; evading arrest, public intoxication; held, $1,500 bond
* Antwan Lavon Massey, 27, Hickory Drive; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $250 bond
* Bradley Ross Nelson, 27, Virgil Crowell Road; misuse of official information, filing false report; released, $10,000 bond
* Jamie Paul Norwood, 27, Pulaski; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license, filing false report; held, $15,000 bond
* Jolynn Spence, 27, Wilson Street; theft of property, credit card fraud, forgery; released, $12,000 bond
* Andrew William Spencer, 18, Orchard Lane, Bell Buckle; theft of property, burglary, vandalism; held, $17,500 bond
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Oh, get over it. He shouldn't have ran in the first place. It was a spic, who cares?
Shelbyville's Tasers should have cameras on them like the one they have been showing on the news that metro has now.
The way the story is written it sounds like he was running backwards. If he stopped, turned then the officer shot him with the taser, and removed the tazer from his back, then that mean he was running away from the officers backwards.
Funny! He He.
"stopped to turn"..... To me that means he was getting ready to fight the cop.
"Officer Garza ordered him to stop again, he stopped to turn and Officer Garza shot the subject with his Taser," Shelton said. "I then applied handcuffs on the subject and Officer Garza put on latex gloves and removed the probes from the subject's back."
Umm...does anyone else see a problem with this? The subject STOPPED and was then shot with a Taser? I know he was running, but at the point where the officer shot him with the Taser, he had stopped (that means he was no longer running).